Economic calendar in Asia – Do you know what time the BoJ announcement is? Read on!

I get the question a lot, “What time is the Bank of Japan announcement due?”

The answer is always the same, the BoJ doesn’t have a scheduled time for their Statement, never do.

Experience indicates to expect it sometime in the 0230 – 0330 GMT (2130-2230 US Eastern time) time window.

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda will follow up with a press conference. This is scheduled. At 0630 GMT (0130 US Eastern time).

The BoJ is widely expected to leave rates on hold today.

Earlier previews:

• BOJ is expected to hold its policy rate at 0.25% in its December 18-19 meeting – preview

• BOJ reportedly sees little cost to waiting for next rate hike
• BOJ reportedly erring towards keeping interest rates unchanged
• BOJ reportedly considers skipping rate hike
• BOJ to raise interest rate to at least 0.50% by end-March, 51 of 52 economists say
• Goldman Sachs expect the Bank of Japan to remain on hold at 0.25% at the December meeting

• 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.