It’s a packed data agenda ahead, the highlight is the Bank of Japan statement. There is never a scheduled time for the release of the Bank’s statement. Its likely to be sometime in the 0230 to 0330 (GMT) time window (10.30 to 11.30 pm US Eastern time).
Expectations of any change in policy from the Bank are mixed, with some analysts looking for a widening of the JGB yield tolerance band and some not. I posted a preview here:
and will have more to come.
Hot tip from the Nikkei is here: BOJ to consider policy tweak to allow 10-year yields to exceed 1% — report
- Goldman Sachs preview here.
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This
snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access
it here. -
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 www.forexlive.com. Source