December 25 – Bank of Japan on the agenda in Tokyo today

Greetings all and Happy Christmas. (If you don’t celebrate Christmas have a happy day anyway!)

Its December 25 already in Japan, but its not an official holiday; markets are open, and there is a little on the agenda on Tokyo today, most notably from the Bank of Japan.

• 2350GMT – PPI Services for November, expected is 3.5% and prior was 3.6%
• 2350GMT – The BOJ release the Minutes of their November 18/19 meeting. There shouldn’t be anything to surprise in these – at the meeting policy was left unchanged (there was a change in policy at the previous meeting).
• 0345GMT – Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda speaks in Tokyo. He will be addressing the Keidanren business group and speaking on the state of the economy.

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ps. I won’t be around much today (if at all).