Data ahead - On Thursday, Australia's trade balance for July is out at 11:30am

Data ahead - On Thursday, Australia's trade balance for July is out at 11:30am. Overseas, the European Central Bank makes its September rate decision at 9:45pm. A decision is also due from the Bank of England monetary policy committee at 9:00pm. In the US a raft of figures are due out, including the ADP employment change report, Bloomberg's consumer comfort index, continuing claims, factory orders, initial jobless claims, ISM's non-manufacturing composite, non-farm productivity, RBC consumer outlook index and unit labour costs.