Japan CPI due at the bottom of the hour - BOJ is (so far) viewing inflation as transitory

Coming up at 2330 GMT:

• Economic calendar in Asia 24 June 2022 - Japan inflation for May

The Bank of Japan is not seeing current levels of inflation in Japan as high and stable enough to justify any diminishing of its very easy monetary policy.

The BOJ affirm no change at its most recent meeting (this time last week):

• BOJ announce no change to monetary policy

The next BOJ policy meeting is July 20/21.