ECB speakers Thursday include Schnabel, Centeno, Simkus and Vujcic

Fed speakers Thursday include Bowman, Williams, Bostic

• Bowman speaks twice

PBOC Governor Pan met with Federal Reserve Chair Powell

• Exchanged views

The PBOC and FX officials will hold a news conference in China soon (0200 US Eastern time)

• 0200 US Eastern time is 0600 GMT

More from Japan's Kanda: Japan is in talks on FX and other issues with US & others, daily

• Kanda is Japan's Ministry of Finance official who will instruct the BOJ to intervene, when he judges it necessary.

Reserve Bank of Australia: Chinas Monetary Policy Framework, Financial Market Transmission

• From the latest RBA 'Bulletin', for April 2024

Japan's Kanda says G7 reconfirmed commitment on forex stance put forward by Japan

• Japan's 'top currency diplomat'.

Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member Megan Greene speaks again today

• Greene spoke on Wednesday, she was upbeat on progress towards the Bank's inflation target

BoJ's Noguchi: essential for BoJ to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy

• Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi speaking.

PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 7.1020 (vs. estimate at 7.2281)

• PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.

Bank of America expect a June rate cut, from the Bank of Canada

• BoA outline 3 risks to their projection

PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 7.2281 – Reuters estimate

• The PBoC is supporting the yuan and will set the rate around 1400 pips lower than this

UBS says the US Federal Reserve remains on track to cut rates twice this year

• Most likely starting at its September meeting

JPY traders - heads up for Bank of Japan policy board member Asahi Noguchi speaking soon

• Be on the lookout for comments on further policy moves from the BoJ

Fed's Mester says inflation is higher than expected, need more confidence on trajectory

• Mester in no hurry to cut the Fed Funds rate

ECB's Vasle sees rates much closer to 3% at year-end

• From 4% currently

ICYMI - BoA survey: 76% of fund managers polled expect at least 2 Fed rate cuts in 2024

• Not sure there are enough meetings for this

ICYMI - Holzmann says geopolitical risk is the biggest threat to a potential ECB rate cut

• Flags energy price risk

Economic calendar Asia 18 April 2024 has 2 Fed speakers (Mester, Bowman) & AUD jobs report

• Asian Economic Calendar: Key Events and Consensus Expectations for 18 April 2024

ECB Pres. Lagarde: Growth in Europe mediocre. Much slower than the US

• ECB Pres. Lagarde speaking

Japan finance Minister Suzuki held bilateral meetings with Yellin

• Two leaders discussed exchange-rate

ECBs Nagel: A June cut is looking increasingly likely, but there is still some caveats

ECBs Centeno: First cut in June is very likely.Number of cuts will depend on incoming data

• ECBs Centeno speaking

Deutsche Bank sees slower pace of BOE rate cuts

• Deutsche Bank still sees 3 cuts this year but only 4 next year (from six)

Feds beige book: Contacts expect inflation would hold steady at a slow pace

• Feds Beige book for April 2024