If you are wanting to stay up late for the announcement from the Bank of Japan today, or maybe set your alarm to wake you up for it, I’ve got some bad news.
There is no scheduled time for a BOJ announcement after their policy board meeting.That’s right – no scheduled time. Announcements are made when the BOJ meeting finishes (i.e. when they’ve drunk all the sake).
There is, however, a window during which we can expect it, 0330 to 0530GMT. The more there is for discussion and debate at a meeting, the later the announcement is to be expected.
BUT – I have some good news too. Governor of the BOJ, Kuroda, will be holding a press conference after the meeting and the announcement, and there is a scheduled time for this, 0630GMT.
