Economic calendar in Asia Friday, 21 June 2024 – Tokyo CPI & flash PMIs Japan + Australia

Tokyo inflation data the focus.

USD/JPY has continued its rise, this gave it a little tailwind yesterday:

• Japan survey of firms – very few believe wage growth quicker than inflation achievable

But it was heading higher regardless. Evan Kanda couldn’t stop it:

• Japan top currency diplomat says there is no limit to FX intervention resources

The unkind amongst us might even suggest he lit a fire under it 😉

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Prelimary PMIs from Australia and Japan also.

• 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.

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