Economic calendar Asia 21 July 2023 – Final read on Japan inflation data pre-BOJ meeting

<p>I wondered out loud earlier this week about how much attention these high (for Japan) CPI readings are getting at the Bank of Japan. </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/heads-up-for-the-final-japan-inflation-report-before-next-weeks-boj-meeting-20230720/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Governor Ueda and his officials at the Bank have been … insisting that inflation is transitory and does not necessitate a move away from easy policy</a></li></ul><p>We have had months of CPI readings above target and the BOJ remains unmoved, still promising easy policy. When do we get the straw that breaks the camel's back? I don't know. </p><p>Data is due </p><p>on Friday 8.30am Tokyo time,</p><ul><li>which is Thursday, 20 July 2023 at 2330 GMT and 7.30pm US Eastern time</li></ul><p>More on the upcoming BOJ meeting (this is on the 27th and 28th July):</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/bank-of-japan-governor-ueda-comments-this-week-have-watered-down-ycc-tweak-expectations-20230719/" target="_blank" rel="follow">Bank of Japan Governor Ueda comments this week have watered down YCC tweak expectations</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/october-is-now-the-month-most-cited-as-the-likely-timing-for-a-boj-policy-change-20230720/" target="_blank" rel="follow">October is now the month most cited as the likely timing for a BOJ policy change</a></li></ul><ul><li>
This
snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, <a href="https://www.forexlive.com/EconomicCalendar">access
it here</a>.</li><li>
The
times in the left-most column are GMT. </li><li>
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.</li></ul>

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