Japan govt to maintain economic assessment in July report - Nikkei

Nikkei headline via BBG

The report is due July 21.

All the focus for the BOJ is on October. Economists are evenly divided on whether the central bank will ease further then. The BOJ lowered growth and inflation outlooks earlier this week but the govt and BOJ maintain separate forecasts.

USD/JPY is up a quarter-cent to 124.05 today. There is some resistance at the mid-June highs at 124.45.