Japan's finance minister Katayama said interest-rate movements should be decided by the market.

CITIGROUP’s Australia and New Zealand chief economist Josh Williamson expects New Zealand Q2 CPI to record its strongest quarterly rise in nearly four years, led by a sharp jump in fuel prices. The surge in tradeable-goods inflation was largely in line with RBNZ expectations and masked a milder 0.4% increase in non-tradeable inflation. The RBNZ has begun tightening; some economists say the central bank may need around three further rate hikes to return the official cash rate to neutral.

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