Aug 7 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist.
The U.S. yield curve steepened by 20-30 basis points last week - the biggest steepening since March - and the steepening of the 2-year/30-year yield curve by 30 basis points was one of the biggest weekly moves in over a decade.
U.S. fiscal worries are also growing, however, and the Bank of Japan's recent 'yield curve control' surprise has lifted Japanese bond yields.
Several potential market-moving data releases and events in Asia are also due, as well U.S. consumer price inflation for July.
Monday's calendar in Asia is fairly light, with Indonesian Q2 GDP and Thai inflation for July the main releases.
Persons:
Jamie McGeever, JP Morgan, Diane Craft
Organizations:
Nasdaq, Bank of, Sony, Reuters, Reserve Bank of India, China FX, Thomson
Locations:
Indonesia, Philippines, Asia, Japan, U.S, China, Beijing, Thailand