Kuroda is getting off to a flying start for the week, with two speaking opportunities later in the Tokyo day.

  • In the morning he meets with BOJ branch managers and is due to give a speech. Expect the text of the speech at 9.30am Tokyo time (0030GMT)
  • Later in the day Kuroda is speaking at a trust banks function, scheduled for 0615GMT.

Kuroda was reported last week as softening his rhetoric somewhat, perhaps in advance of the G20 meeting this week (18th and 19th).