Asian Economic Calendar: Key Events & Consensus Expectations for 22 March 2024: Japan CPI

We had the long-awaited policy pivot to tightening from the Bank of Japan on Tuesday. Now we await the next move higher in rates, which, IMO, is going to take until near the end of this year. Perhaps faster inflation will bring the date closer though. We get the first national inflation data reading since Tuesday’s pivot today, February CPI.

• 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.