Heads up – Bank of Japan Governor Ueda will be holding a news conference soon

<p> Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda is to meet business leaders in Osaka, western Japan today. He'll be holding a news conference</p><p>This is coming up at 0530 GMT, which is 0130 US Eastern time.</p><p>On Friday last week we had the latest policy statement from the Bank of Japan, and press conference from Governor Ueda:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/boj-makes-no-change-to-its-major-policy-planks-no-change-to-forward-guidance-20230922/" target="_blank" rel="follow" data-article-link="true">BoJ makes no change to its major policy planks, no change to forward guidance</a></li></ul><p>Ueda's presser:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/boj-governor-ueda-will-not-hesitate-to-take-additional-easing-measures-if-necessary-20230922/" target="_self">BOJ governor Ueda: Will not hesitate to take additional easing measures if necessary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/bojs-ueda-sustainability-of-wage-hikes-the-most-important-thing-for-inflation-outlook-20230922/" target="_self">BOJ's Ueda: Sustainability of wage hikes the most important thing for inflation outlook</a></li><li><a href="https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/bojs-ueda-could-consider-easy-policy-exit-when-achievement-of-2-inflation-is-in-sight-20230922/" target="_self">BOJ's Ueda: Could consider easy policy exit when achievement of 2% inflation is in sight</a></li></ul><p>I suspect it'll be more of the same from the Gov today – no indications of any imminent policy tightening. </p>

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