Asia Market Movers: PM Albanese secures 600,000 barrels of jet fuel from China as Australia shores up supplies

Tuesday, 19 May, 2026 Commodities PM Albanese secures 600,000 barrels of jet fuel from China as Australia shores up supplies Australia has secured three shipments of jet fuel totalling more than 600,000 barrels from China, due from early June, plus 38,500 tonnes of agricultural urea from Brunei, Prime Minister Albanese said News Australian May consumer confidence +3.5% m/m to 83.0. Yippee. Prior 80.1 Westpac's survey of consumer sentiment remains deeply sad. Learn more Central Banks USD/JPY on approach to 159! How you left, Ministry of Finance? Despite the suspected Japanese FX intervention totalling around $65 billion , USD/JPY climbing steadily back. - Japan's currency intervention mechanism sits at the intersection of fiscal and monetary Central Banks PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.7909 – Reuters estimate The People’s Bank of China is due to set the daily USD/CNY reference rate at around 0115 GMT (2115 US Eastern time), a fixing that remains one of the most closely watched signals in Asian foreign exch News Japan Q1 GDP 2.1% y/y (beats expected of 1.7%) Japan Q1 GDP (preliminary): GDP annualised: +2.1% (vs 1.7% exp, 1.3% prev) GDP quarter-on-quarter: +0.5% (vs 0.4% exp, 0.3% prev) Private consumption Q/Q: +0.3% (vs 0.2% exp, 0.3% prev) Capital expend Central Banks Hunter: Inflation expectations drifting higher is an elevated risk RBA cannot ignore RBA Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter warns oil price pass-through into Australian consumer prices will be faster and more extensive given elevated capacity constraints and domestic cost pressures. Summ Stock market update Morgan Stanley warns bond rout could trigger equity correction, still sees S&P500 @ 8300 Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson warns equities face their first meaningful correction since late March if bond volatility persists, even as the bank raises its 12-month S&P 500 target to 8,300. Befor News New Zealand inflation pressures build as producer prices rise and retail sales dip New Zealand producer input prices rose 1.4% in Q1 and output prices gained 0.8%, while electronic card retail sales fell 1.3% in April, Statistics New Zealand data showed on Tuesday. Summary: Source: Learn more Central Banks MUFG: Dollar set to extend gains as Warsh Fed signals hawkish shift on inflation MUFG says the dollar posted its best week since the Iran conflict began as hotter-than-expected inflation data, rising yields and the arrival of hawkish Fed chair Kevin Warsh combined to shift market

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