Economic calendar Asia 20 June 2025: Japanese inflation data for May expected above target

Eyes on the Japanese inflation data today, but it’d have to be stonkingly high to shift the Bank of Japan from its on hold position:

• Bank of Japan likely to stay on hold until January or March 2026

In addition to the Japanese data we have the People’s Bank of China setting its Loan Prime Rates (LPR):

• PBOC is widely expected to keep its benchmark lending rates unchanged

Last month the Bank lowered LPRs for the first time since October, 1-year to 3.0%, from 3.1% and the 5-year to 3.5% from 3.6%, while it cut its 7 day reverse repo benchmark rate by 10bp to 1.4% earlier that month. LPRs are no longer as important as they once were. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) shifted its primary monetary policy tool to the seven-day reverse repurchase agreement (reverse repo) rate. This transition began in mid-2024. This move aligns China’s monetary policy framework more closely with global standards, such as those of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank, which typically rely on a single short-term policy rate to guide market expectations and liquidity.

• This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
• The times in the left-most column are GMT.
• The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.