Risk on Monday, China ‘data dump’ looms

By Jamie McGeever

(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist.

Asia is poised to start this week as it finished last week, with risk assets and investor sentiment buoyed by growing confidence in the U.S. economic ‘soft landing’, and easing financial conditions from the slide in the dollar and U.S. bond yields.

The regional economic and policy events calendar this week is jammed with top-tier releases which are sure to give local assets…