Economic calendar in Asia Tuesday, March 4, 2025 – RBA February meeting minutes

The data agenda coming up for those interested. Minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting in February are the focus. At that meeting the Bank cut rates for the first time since November 2020. The rate hiking cycle began in May 2022 with a move to 0.35%, and the Bank had been on hold at 4.35% since last hiking in November 2023.

Eyes will be on the minutes for indications of when we might expect a follow-up rate cut. Offshore events are moving so quickly that whatever conclusions we reach about the RBA I think we can move them forward in time by a good few months as the US administration shifts its economy into recessionary stagflation.

• 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.