The TL;DR summary: Tokyo core CPI slowed to 2.3% y/y in Dec (vs. prev 2.8%, exp 2.5%), driven by lower energy and utility costs. Core-core …
Category: Central Banks
Bank of Japan Governor Ueda spoke at the Meeting of Councillors of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) in Tokyo in Thursday, December 25, 2025. The title …
Summary Nomura sees Asia’s easing cycle largely complete despite low inflation A north–south monetary policy divide is emerging across the region Korea, Australia, New Zealand …
Summary Bank of Korea says NPS has activated strategic FX hedging The move aims to manage FX risk and curb won volatility Hedging could generate …
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, is responsible for setting the daily midpoint of the yuan (also known as renminbi or RMB). …
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 …
I posted earlier on why this doesn’t rally matter too much, the meeting pre-dates December’s much more consequential rate hike and the subsequent swings in …
The Corporate Service Price Index (CSPI), more commonly referred to as Japan’s services producer price index, measures the change in prices charged between companies for …
Summary Japan plans to assume a 3% interest rate on bond expenses in its FY26 budget The assumption reflects rising JGB yields and BOJ policy …
It’s a light calendar ahead for Asia, except for the Bank of Japan minutes. The caveat is, of course, that the minutes are those from …