Preview: Upcoming Asia session events for Thursday, July 2nd, 2026

**All times listed for economic events are denominated in Eastern Standard Time (Add 4 hours for GMT equivalent) *** As always times are subject to change *** - 18:00 (NZ) New Zealand N.Z. Government 11-Month Financial Statements - 18:45 (NZ) New Zealand May Building Permits M/M: No est v 10.9% prior - 19:00 (KR) South Korea Jun CPI M/M: 0.1%e v 0.5% prior; Y/Y: 3.2%e v 3.1% prior; CPI (ex-food/energy) Y/Y: 2.6%e v 2.5% prior - 19:50 (JP) Japan Jun Monetary Base End of Period: No est v ¥571.9T prior; Y/Y: No est v -12.2% prior - 21:30 (AU) Australia May Trade Balance (A$): 2.2Be v 1.8B prior; Exports M/M: No est v 7.2% prior; Imports M/M: No est v 0.8% prior - 22:00 (NZ) New Zealand to sell combined NZ$450M in 2030, 2036 and 2054 bonds - 23:35 (JP) Japan to sell 10-Year JGB Bonds - 00:00 (SG) Singapore to sell 6-month bills - 04:30 (HK) Hong Kong May Retail Sales Value Y/Y: No est v 8.6% prior; Retail Sales Volume Y/Y: No est v 6.4% prior