Here is what’s on the economic calendar in Asia today - we hear from the Bank of Japan

If ya'll are finished trashing stocks, here is what's on the economic calendar due from Asia on Thursday 12 May 2022:

• 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) result.
• The number in the column next to that, where is a number, is the consensus median expected.
• I've noted data from New Zealand as the little flag may not be quite clear, its very close in appearance to the Australian flag if you are unfamiliar with the two.

The items to note (underlined above) are the Bank of Japan Summary of Opinions, this is for the April meeting. Due at 2350 GMT

• The Bank of Japan 'summary' precedes the minutes by months.

Also, due at 0300 GMT, are inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is m Read this Term expectations data from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. The Bank tends to respond to this survey. For today, if expectations take another step higher, even further from 2%, the RBNZ is likely to respond with more determined hikes to their official cash rate.