Economic and event calendar in Asia 14 January 2026 – Chinese trade data (December)

December trade data from China headlines the economic and event calendar in Asia today.

A couple of things to keep in mind:

• The time of release is scheduled for 0300 GMT, which is 2200 US Eastern time. The trade data does not necessarily get published on time, so if you are awaiting it it’ll pay to be flexible on this.
• Also, the trade data often comes out in dribs and drabs, it can take a good hour or so sometimes to get the complete picture.

We had plenty to going on with from China last week. I posted on what I though was a clear signal from the People’s Bank of China:

• China flags rate and RRR cuts in 2026 as PBoC leans dovish

A clear signal of what, you ask? I said in that post (as a big bold print in the chart attached, check it out at that link) that ‘reading between the lines the PBoC is asking to stop buying so much yuan’. That turned out to be a good take with:

• the Chinese yuan pulled back from a 32-month high after the PBoC set a weaker daily fix for the first time in four sessions

After that pullback yuan has edged higher still, even in the face of a strong USD elsewhere. See screenshot at the top of this post.

Since then we’ve had inflation data from China:

• China inflation hits near three-year high, but producer deflation signals weak demand

• China CPI rose 0.8% y/y, fastest since Feb 2023

• Monthly CPI beat expectations at +0.2%

• PPI fell 1.9% y/y, easing but still deflationary

• Core inflation steady at 1.2%

• Weak demand and property stress remain key drags

China’s consumer inflation accelerated in December to its fastest pace in nearly three years, while factory-gate prices remained in deflation, underscoring the persistent imbalance between improving headline prices and still-weak underlying demand.

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Back to the trade data, well US-China trade more specifically. Yesterday Trump blabbed out another tariff threat:

• Trump threatens 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran. No detail, just bluster.

As I said yesterday:

• The White House provided no implementation detail, leaving markets to assess (guess?) the implications for global trade and Iran’s major partners. Market speculation if intensely focused on how, if?, this applies to China, one of Iran’s largest trading partners. Its hard not to see a TACO on this, at least as it applies to China.

Anyway, this is unrelated to the December data due today, but something to keep an eye on ahead.

• This snapshot from the investingLive economic data calendar.
• The times in the left-most column are GMT.
• The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.I’ve noted data for New Zealand and Australia with text as the similarity of the little flags can sometimes be confusing.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.