MICRON SEES 3Q ADJ EPS $18.75 TO $19.55, EST. $11.29

1. Reuters poll: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, with 60% of economists surveyed predicting a rate hike to 1% by the end of June. 2. ANZ: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged but will release hawkish signals, with a 25 basis point rate hike to 1% expected in April. 3. DBS Bank: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, possibly preferring to wait for the outcome of wage negotiations this spring; June-July presents a more suitable window for a rate hike than April. 4. Capital Economics: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, with rising wages supporting a rate hike, but the Iranian conflict is the biggest variable, potentially delaying the rate hike further. 5. Daiwa Securities: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged; whether it raises rates in April could be a crucial turning point in determining market confidence in its commitment to tightening policies. 6. Allianz Group: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged. Kazuo Ueda may maintain the possibility of an April rate hike, while adding data-dependent conditions to hedge against any external shocks. 7. Mitsubishi UFJ: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, with a possible rate hike in April. Geopolitical risks have become the new normal, and stabilizing the yen exchange rate is becoming increasingly important for Japan. 8. Sumitomo Mitsui: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, focusing on how rising oil prices will push up costs for petrochemical products and other oil-based commodities, and how these costs will be transmitted domestically. 9. Moody's Analytics: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged, but may raise them to 1% around mid-year. Further weakening of the yen could prompt the central bank to raise rates later this year. 10. Natixis: The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates unchanged and maintain a hawkish stance to avoid disrupting spring wage negotiations, while maintaining a tightening bias to alleviate new imported inflationary pressures.

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