In Japan, the BOJ holds a branch managers’ meeting today.

  • Governor Kuroda is due to make opening remarks at 0030 GMT

Later in the day in Tokyo … The BOJ’s regional economic report is due at 0530 GMT

  • Via MNi on this report …. “At the previous meeting in October, one of the nine domestic regions revised down its economic assessment from three months earlier while the eight others left their views unchanged”

Following, at 0700 GMT:

  • BOJ Osaka branch manager Atsushi Miyanoya is due to hold a news conference to discuss the economic climate in the western commercial hub and its surrounding areas