The Bank of Japan will on Wednesday release the minutes from its monetary policy meeting on June 14 and 15, highlighting a modest day for Asia-Pacific economic activity.
At the meeting, the policy board unanimously decided to hold the key uncollateralized overnight call rate at around 0 to 0.1 percent. The size of the asset purchase fund and credit facility was also left unchanged at JPY 40 trillion and JPY 30 trillion, respectively.
Japan also will see June figures for condominium sales and machine tool orders. Condo sales declined 14.9 percent on year in May, while machine tool orders contracted 15.5 percent.
Malaysia will provide CPI data for June; in May, inflation was up 0.2 percent on month and 1.7 percent on year.
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June 12, 2026 17:14 ET Major central bank action was the focus this week in economic news. The European Central Bank became the first major central bank to move in response to the rising inflationary pressures in the backdrop of the conflict in the Middle East. In North America, the U.S. inflation and trade data as well as Canada’s central bank decision gained attention. The Chinese trade data was the main news in Asia.