According to a Reuters poll: The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to keep the cash rate at 4.35% until the end of the first quarter of 2024 (4.60% in the July 6 survey).

According to a Reuters survey: 20 of 36 economists said the RBA will raise the cash rate to 4.35% at its August 1 meeting, while the rest said it would remain unchanged.

EUR/JPY fell 0.81% to 152 after the Bank of Japan decision, the lowest level since June 14; GBP/JPY rose 0.23%.

The Bank of Japan’s economic forecasts: raised core inflation expectations for this fiscal year, lowered economic growth for this fiscal year and core inflation expectations for next year

The Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio of Standard Chartered Group (02888.HK) in the first half of the year was 14%, compared with the market estimate of 13.9%.

Standard Chartered Group (02888.HK) announced a new share repurchase plan to return an additional US$1 billion to shareholders.

The adjusted operating income of Standard Chartered Group (02888.HK) in the second quarter was US$4.56 billion, compared with the market estimate of US$4.37 billion.

Bank Indonesia Governor: Bank Indonesia will provide 7 tools for foreign exchange earnings of exporters.

According to TASS: Russia will fully implement its production reduction obligations with OPEC+ in August.

Ministry of Energy of Vietnam: It is planned to produce 41-47 million tons of coal per year between 2021 and 2030.

Ministry of Energy of Vietnam: It is planned to achieve an annual crude oil production of 6 million to 9.5 million tons between 2021 and 2030.

NZD/USD fell 0.50% on the day to trade at 0.6152.

Indonesia considers restrictions on e-commerce sales of foreign goods.

Bank of Japan deliberation member Toyoaki Nakamura dissented from the decision on yield curve control (YCC), but supported the idea of conducting YCC with greater flexibility.

The Bank of Japan expanded the scope of medium- and long-term Japanese government bond purchases in August.

The Bank of Japan left its annual ETF purchase cap unchanged at 12 trillion yen and reiterated that there is no limit to buying Japanese government bonds.