The Reserve Bank of New Zealand and two Fed speakers feature on the events calendar here in Asia for today.
The RBNZ is expected to cut its cash rate by 25bp:
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand Shadow Board recommends 25bp interest rate cut this week
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand expected to cut its cash rate on May 28, almost unanimous view
At 2000 US Eastern time Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams participates in a moderated discussion panel before the Bank of Japan Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies Conference. The BoJ conference began yesterday.
Fed’s Waller is up later, at 2210 US Eastern time.
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.
