BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Key items expected to January 19: Monday January 15
-US markets closed for Martin Luther King Day
-Australia Nov housing finance data
-Australia's Harvey Norman three mths to Dec sales
-Japan Nov machinery orders
-ASEAN Summit in Cebu, Philippines (ends)
-Philippine banks' end-Nov outstanding loans
-Philippines Nov overseas workers' remittances
-Singapore Nov retail sales
-Singapore Airlines Dec overall load factor
-Singapore's Qian Hu FY results
-Euro zone Nov industrial output (1000 GMT)
Tuesday January 16
-Australia's Energy Resources Q1 production report
-Japan Dec corporate goods price index
-Japan Nov revised industrial production data
-Japan 5-yr govt bond auction
-Philippine 10-yr Treasury bond auction
-US Jan Empire State manufacturing survey (1330 GMT)
Wednesday January 17
-Australia Nov lending finance data
-Westpac/Melbourne Institute Nov leading indicators survey
-Bank of Japan begins two-day policy board meeting
-Japan Nov balance of payments
-Japan Dec consumer confidence survey
-Rio Tinto Q4 production report
-Singapore Dec non-oil domestic exports
-Euro zone Nov trade (1000 GMT)
-Euro zone Dec HICP (1000 GMT)
-Airbus press conference with CEO Gallois, COO Bregier, Paris (1030 GMT)
-US Dec PPI (1330 GMT)
-US Dec industrial production and capacity utilization (1515 GMT)
-US Jan NAHB-Wells Fargo housing index (1800 GMT)
-Fed Beige Book (1900 GMT)
-Apple Computer Inc Q1 results (after market close)
-JP Morgan & Chase & Co Q4 results (before market close)
Thursday January 18
-Reserve Bank of Australia monthly bulletin
-Australia's Woodside Petroleum Q4 production report
-Australia's Iluka Resources Q2 production report
-Bank of Japan policy meeting (ends); governor Fukui meets press
-Bank of Japan monthly report
-Japan Nov indices of tertiary industry activity
-Japan weekly investment portfolio flows
-Japan 30-yr govt bond auction
-Hong Kong Oct-Dec unemployment data
-Hong Kong-listed Yue Yuen yr to Sept results
-Singapore's Evergro Properties FY results
-US Dec CPI (1330 GMT)
-US Dec real earnings (1330 GMT)
-US Dec new residential construction (1330 GMT)
-US Dec composite indexes (1500 GMT)
-Dec Cleveland Fed Median CPI (1600 GMT)
-Jan Philadelphia Fed survey (1600 GMT)
-Continental Airlines Inc Q4 results
-Merrill Lynch & Co Inc Q4 results
Friday January 19
-Indonesia's Bank Buana EGM
-University of Michigan consumer sentiment
-Citigroup Inc Q4 results