Bank of England Expected to Hold Interest Rates at 3.75% as Inflation Remains Elevated 
Bank of Japan Signals Readiness for Near-Term Rate Hike as Inflation Nears Target 
RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% as India’s Growth Outlook Strengthens After U.S. Trade Deal 
RBA Expected to Raise Interest Rates by 25 Basis Points in February, ANZ Forecast Says 
China Extends Gold Buying Streak as Reserves Surge Despite Volatile Prices 
BOJ Rate Decision in Focus as Yen Weakness and Inflation Shape Market Outlook 
MAS Holds Monetary Policy Steady as Strong Growth Raises Inflation Risks 
In terms of volatility risks, this week is light with the focus on the looming G20 meeting,
What to watch for over the coming days:
Central Banks:
- Bank of Japan (BoJ) will release monetary policy minutes on Monday.
- Federal Reserve Chairman Powell’s speech due on Tuesday.
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) would announce rate decision early Wednesday.
- UK inflation report hearings scheduled for Wednesday.
Economic data:
- German CPI inflation numbers on Thursday.
- U.S. Q1 GDP report on Thursday and PCE inflation report on Friday, along with personal consumption and spending figures.
- Japan’s inflation reports due on Thursday.
- UK’s Q1 GDP figure on Friday.
- Eurozone inflation figures on Friday.
Geopolitics:
- U.S. national security adviser John Bolton and Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev to visit Israel, and meet with Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat on Monday.
- OPEC to hold its semiannual meeting on Tuesday. OPEC/N-OPEC meeting is set for Wednesday.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit India for two days to discuss and bilateral and trade and security.
- The two-day long G20 meeting would begin on Friday, where President Trump and President Xi of China to hold a bilateral meeting on the sideline.
