Here is what’s on the economic calendar in Asia today - Bank of Japan day!

The BOJ will announce the result of the policy review today.

Preview:

• BOJ policy review to be released Friday March 19 - the two steps to watch for

Which does seem to be what to look for:

• Japanese media report the BOJ will widen its target yield band for 10-year JGBs to plus/minus 0.25%

There is no scheduled time for this, sometime after 0230 GMT is expected.

2330 GMT Japan national inflation data for February (post amended - I originally had this as the Tokyo area inflation, I was incorrect, its national CPI)

• CPI y/y, expected -0.4%, prior was -0.6%

• CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food, expected -0.4%, prior was -0.6%

• CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y, expected 0.2%, prior was 0.1%

0001 GMT UK - GfK Consumer Confidence for February

• expected -20, prior -23

0030 GMT Australia retail sales preliminary for February

• expected +0.6% m/m, prior +0.5%