The focus on the agenda for the Asia day is the Reserve Bank of Australia minutes release, for the February 2023 meeting
The February 2023 monetary policy decision was a +25bp rate hike. And the statement from Governor Lowe accompanying the decision tilted more hawkish, firming up expectations of further hikes to come.
Since the decision we’ve had extensive public remarks from Lowe, links can found in these posts
So while the minutes will be eyed for more detail we do know what the RBA is thinking (more hikes to come).
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.
I’ve
noted data for New Zealand and Australia with text as the similarity
of the little flags can sometimes be confusing.
