Daily Market Briefing, Asia Pacific

• US holidays. Limited market moves with the US on holiday. The major currencies are little changed from where they ended last week.• RBA today. No change in rates expected at Governor Lowe’s last meeting at the helm. But a mild conditional tightening bias is likely to be maintained.• AU GDP. Q2 GDP released tomorrow. A large inventory drawdown suggests there is a risk of a negative print. More inputs are released today. With the US on holiday and no major data or events of note elsewhere it has been a quiet start to the week for markets. European equities...

• US data. Payrolls were a little stronger than expected, but greater labour supply pushed up unemployment. Manufacturing ISM a bit better than anticipated.• Market volatility. US yields & the USD were whipped around by the US data. AUD spiked initially, but then reversed course as the USD rebounded.• Event radar. Locally, the RBA meeting (Tues), GDP (Weds) & speech by Gov. Lowe (Thurs) are due. Offshore, China trade data & US services ISM are in focus. Markets were whipped around by the US economic data on Friday night with the latest jobs report in the spotlight. The data kept...