Hong Kong, Australian and New Zealand markets are all closed today.

But Tokyo is open.

If you are active in the FX markets today, here’s what coming up from Japan this session:

0850 Tokyo time, 1850 Eastern US time (on the 25th December), 2350GMT (on the 25th December):

  • Minutes of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) Monetary Policy Meeting (Held on November 20, 21)

1400 Tokyo time, 0000 Eastern US time (on the 26th December), 0500GMT (on the 26th December):

  • Housing starts for November y/y, expected is +9.2%, prior +7.1%
  • Annualized housing starts to November, expected is 0.989m, prior was 1.037m
  • Construction orders for November y/y, prior was 61.1%
  • Small business confidence for December, prior was 51.1