Economic calendar in Asia Wednesday, 15 March 2023 - BOJ (minutes) and China activity data

From the BOJ BOJ The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is the central bank of Japan. It was established in 1882 and is headquartered in Tokyo.The BOJ's main responsibilities include issuing and managing the country's currency, implementing monetary policy, and ensuring the stability of the financial system. It also acts as a lender of last resort to banks during times of financial crisis. The BOJ sets the interest rate of the country and sets an inflation target, aiming to achieve 2% inflation.The BoO has a long history, with The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is the central bank of Japan. It was established in 1882 and is headquartered in Tokyo.The BOJ's main responsibilities include issuing and managing the country's currency, implementing monetary policy, and ensuring the stability of the financial system. It also acts as a lender of last resort to banks during times of financial crisis. The BOJ sets the interest rate of the country and sets an inflation target, aiming to achieve 2% inflation.The BoO has a long history, with Read this Term today come the minutes of the January 2023 meeting.

From the January meeting summary:

• BOJ announces no change to JGB yield band

The BOJ did do a little tinkering:

• BOJ unveils new tool to defend yield control policy

BOJ meeting minutes are preceded, by many, many weeks, by the 'Summary of Opinions' of the meeting. For January this is here:

• BoJ January policy meeting Summary of Opinions - more time needed to assess December move
• Was there heated debate at the Bank of Japan January meeting?

Also coming up today is economic 'activity' data for China for February.

New Zealand kicks off the data agenda at 2145 GMT.

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