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Economic calendar due from Asia today - Fed's Kaplan speaking Mon 17 May 2021 20:00:47 GMT Author: 2200 GMT Dallas Fed President Kaplan is speaking He has been an advocate of beginning to discuss FOMC tapering, most recent comments are here 2330 GMT Australia weekly consumer confidence ANZ/Roy Morgan survey 2350 GMT Japan GDP preliminary for Q1 2021 GDP sa q/q expected -1.1%, prior +2.8% GDP annualised sa q/q expected -4.5%, prior +11.7% GDP nominal q/q expected -1.3%, prior +2.3% GDP deflator (an inflation indication) expected -0.1%, prior +0.3% Private consumption expected -1.9% q/q, prior +2.2% Business spending expected +0.8%,...
