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.
- 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.
