BOJ Governor Ueda and PM Takaichi Set for Key Meeting Amid Yen Slide and Rate-Hike Debate 
Fed Rate Cut Odds Rise as December Decision Looks Increasingly Divided 
Japan’s Inflation Edges Higher in October as BOJ Faces Growing Pressure to Hike Rates 
BOJ’s Noguchi Calls for Cautious, Gradual Interest Rate Hikes to Sustain Inflation Goals 
RBI Cuts Repo Rate to 5.25% as Inflation Cools and Growth Outlook Strengthens 
RBA Reassesses Pricing Behaviors and Policy Impact Amid Inflation Pressures 
Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
Kazakhstan Central Bank Holds Interest Rate at 18% as Inflation Pressures Persist 
Not many economic data and events scheduled for today, and some with high volatility risks associated.
Upcoming:
- United Kingdom: BRC shop price index up 0.7 percent y/y in February.
- Australia: Construction work declined 3.1 percent in Q4.
Upcoming:
- Italy: Consumer and business confidence report will be released at 8:00 GMT, followed by January trade balance report at 9:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: ECB’s Benoît Cœuré set to give a speech at 8:30 GMT. Private loans and money supply statistics will be published at 9:00 GMT. Sentiment reports will be released at 10:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: ZEW survey sentiment report will be released at 9:00 GMT.
- Germany: Bundesbank President Weidmann set for a speech at 10:00 GMT.
- United States: MBA mortgage applications report will be released at 12:00 GMT, followed by the December goods trade balance and durable goods order report at 13:30 GMT. Pending home sales report and factory orders report will be released at 15:00 GMT. EIA will release its weekly crude oil inventory report at 15:30 GMT.
- Japan: Industrial production report will be published at 23:50 GMT, along with January retail trade numbers.
- Auction: Germany and Italy would auction 10-year bond today.
