BOJ Holds Interest Rates Steady, Upgrades Growth and Inflation Outlook for Japan 
Jerome Powell Attends Supreme Court Hearing on Trump Effort to Fire Fed Governor, Calling It Historic 
Bank of Canada Holds Interest Rate at 2.25% Amid Trade and Global Uncertainty 
ECB’s Cipollone Backs Digital Euro as Europe Pushes for Payment System Independence 
BOJ Rate Decision in Focus as Yen Weakness and Inflation Shape Market Outlook 
Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
Bank of England Expected to Hold Interest Rates at 3.75% as Inflation Remains Elevated 
Lots of economic data and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Japan: Labor cash earnings are up 0.7 percent from a year ago.
Upcoming:
- China: China might release FX reserve data today.
- Japan: Coincident and leading economic index reports will be released at 5:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: Unemployment report for June will be published at 5:45 GMT. FX reserve data will be released at 7:00 GMT.
- Germany: Industrial production report for the month of May will be published at 6:00 GMT.
- France: May trade balance report will be published at 6:45 GMT, along with industrial production for, budget details, and current account balance for the month.
- Spain: Industrial output report for May will be published at 7:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Halifax house price report will be published at 7:30 GMT, followed by industrial and manufacturing production report and May trade balance report at 8:30 GMT. NIESR will release the GDP estimate at 14:00 GMT.
- Global: G20 meeting begins today in Hamburg Germany.
- United States: NFP report will be published at 12:30 GMT. EIA will release natural gas inventory report at 14:30 GMT.
- Canada: Unemployment report June will be released at 12:30 GMT. IVEY PMI report will be published at 14:00 GMT.
