Economic calendar in Asia Monday, August 5, 2024 – Bank of Japan meeting minutes

The Bank of Japan minutes are from the June meeting. The Bank of Japan meeting in June produced the commitment to trim back JGB buying from the following, July, meeting:

• Will decide on specific bond buying reduction plan for the next 1-2 years at next policy meeting.
• BOJ governor Ueda says will begin tapering bond purchases immediately after July meeting

The July meeting produced that info on the JGB cut backs, along with a rate hike. The June meeting was a bit of a placeholder so the minutes today will be of some. but limited, interest.

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.

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