The legend in the InstaSpot team!
Legend! You think that's bombastic rhetoric? But how should we call a man, who became the first Asian to win the junior world chess championship at 18 and who became the first Indian Grandmaster at 19? That was the start of a hard path to the World Champion title for Viswanathan Anand, the man who became a part of history of chess forever. Now one more legend in the InstaSpot team!
Borussia is one of the most titled football clubs in Germany, which has repeatedly proved to fans: the spirit of competition and leadership will certainly lead to success. Trade in the same way that sports professionals play the game: confidently and actively. Keep a "pass" from Borussia FC and be in the lead with InstaSpot!
The Bank of Japan will wrap up its monetary policy meeting and then announce its decision on interest rates, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. The BoJ is expected to keep its benchmark lending rate steady at 0.75 percent.
Japan also will see December data for consumer prices; in November, overall inflation was up 0.4 percent on month and 2.9 percent on year, while core CPI rose an annual 3.0 percent. Also due are preliminary January results for the manufacturing, services and composite PMIs from Jibun Bank; in December, their scores were 50.0, 51.6 and 51.1, respectively.
New Zealand will release Q4 numbers for consumer prices, with forecasts suggesting an increase of 0.5 percent on quarter and 3.0 percent on year. Prices were up 1.0 percent on quarter and 3.0 percent on year in Q3.
Australia will see preliminary January results for the manufacturing, services and composite PMIs from S&P Global; in December, their scores were 51.6, 51.1 and 51.0, respectively.
Singapore will provide December data for consumer prices; in November, overall inflation was up 0.3 percent on month and 1.2 percent on year, while core CPI also rose an annual 1.2 percent.
Taiwan will see December numbers for industrial production; in November, production was up 16.42 percent on year.
Thailand is scheduled to release December data for imports, exports and trade balance sometime in the next week. In November, imports were up 17.6 percent and exports rose an annual 7.1 percent for a trade deficit of $2.730 billion.
