- EUR/JPY holds losses after the Bank of Japan policy decision.
- The BoJ kept its short-term rate at 0.75% on Tuesday, as expected.
- ECB is expected to keep its deposit rate at 2.0% on Thursday.
EUR/JPY remains subdued after two days of gains, trading around 186.40 during the Asian hours on Tuesday. The currency cross holds losses following the release of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy decision.
The Bank of Japan left its short-term rate unchanged at 0.75% after its two-day policy meeting Tuesday, in line with expectations. The decision passed 6–3, with board members Nakagawa, Takata, and Naoki Tamura dissenting and proposing a hike to 1.0%.
BoJ’s Nakagawa said while situation in middle east remained unclear, given economic developments, risks to prices were skewed to the upside under accommodative financial conditions. While, Takata said price stability target had been more or less achieved and that risks to prices in japan were already skewed to the upside due to the second-round effects of price rises stemming from overseas developments.
Economists expect the European Central Bank (ECB) to leave policy unchanged at Thursday’s meeting, maintaining its benchmark deposit rate at 2.0%, where it has remained since June last year.
ECB policymakers are likely to adopt a wait-and-see approach amid elevated economic uncertainty driven by the Middle East conflict. ECB official Martins Kazaks said last week that “we still have the large luxury of collecting data and forming our view.”
