Economic calendar in Asia – Bank of Japan, People’s Bank of China and RBA all feature

I posted on this over the weekend.

• Heads up Monday Asia trade, 3 central banks: Bank of Japan, People’s Bank of China, RBA

The focus will be the PBOC rate setting.

At 2115 US Eastern time we get the monthly Loan Prime Rate (LPR) setting from the People’s Bank of China. I posted a preview here:

• PBOC interest rate decision due on Monday

At 1810 US Eastern time the Reserve Bank of Australia:

• Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets)
• speaking on: “Long and Variable Monetary Policy Lags”

Expectations are rising of an RBA pause at their next meeting, April 4:

• Westpac forecast an RBA rate pause at the April 4 meeting

But its not unanimous:

• ANZ maintain their forecast for an RBA rate hike at the April and May policy meetings

At 1750 US Eastern time we get the ‘Summary’ from the BOJ March meeting. This was Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda’s final meeting. Policy was left unchanged at this meeting:

• Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged, as widely expected

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This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at http://www.forexlive.com.