Newsquawk Daily Economic Releases - 21st September 2026

Newsquawk Staff · 18 Sept 2026, 14:20 UTC

Holiday: Japanese Market Holiday
Data: Chinese LPR (Sep)
Speakers: Fed's Goolsbee; ECB's Lagarde, Cipollone; BoC's Macklem

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US Market Open, 18 Sept, 10:15 UTC · what it led with

The BoJ hiked rates by 25bps to 1.25%, as expected, with the decision made by a 7-2 vote.
In the press conference, BoJ Governor Ueda said the BoJ believes the phase of policy has changed but clarified that the objective is now to stabilise underlying inflation at around 2%.

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