<p>Its an active central bank calendar coming up on Monday, 20 March 2023 during the Asia session. </p><p>At 1810 US Eastern time the Reserve Bank of Australia:</p><ul><li> Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets)</li><li>speaking on: „Long and Variable Monetary Policy Lags“</li></ul><p>Expectations are rising of an RBA pause at their next meeting, April 4:</p><ul><li><a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/westpac-forecast-an-rba-rate-pause-at-the-april-4-meeting-20230317/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“ data-article-link=“true“>Westpac forecast an RBA rate pause at the April 4 meeting</a></li></ul><p>But its not unanimous:</p><ul><li><a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/anz-maintain-their-forecast-for-an-rba-rate-hike-at-the-april-and-may-policy-meetings-20230317/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“ data-article-link=“true“>ANZ maintain their forecast for an RBA rate hike at the April and May policy meetings</a></li></ul><p>At 1750 US Eastern time we get the ‚Summary‘ from the BOJ March meeting. This was Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda’s final meeting. Policy was left unchanged at this meeting:</p><ul><li><a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/bank-of-japan-leaves-policy-unchanged-as-widely-expected-20230310/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“ data-article-link=“true“>Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged, as widely expected</a></li></ul><p>At 2115 we get the monthly Loan Prime Rate (LPR) setting from the People’s Bank of China. I posted a preview here:</p><ul><li><a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/pboc-interest-rate-decision-due-on-monday-analysts-sees-cut-to-support-the-economy-20230316/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“>PBOC interest rate decision due on Monday</a></li></ul><p>On Friday the Bank dropped this in:</p><ul><li><a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/pboc-announces-cut-to-banks-reserve-requirement-ratio-by-25-bps-20230317/“ target=“_blank“ rel=“follow“>PBOC announces cut to banks‘ reserve requirement ratio by 25 bps</a></li></ul>
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.