China Holds Loan Prime Rates Steady in January as Market Expectations Align 
Bank of Japan Signals Cautious Path Toward Further Rate Hikes Amid Yen Weakness 
BOJ Rate Decision in Focus as Yen Weakness and Inflation Shape Market Outlook 
U.S. Urges Japan on Monetary Policy as Yen Volatility Raises Market Concerns 
New York Fed President John Williams Signals Rate Hold as Economy Seen Strong in 2026 
Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
ECB Signals Steady Interest Rates as Fed Risks Loom Over Outlook 
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.
