Kazuo Ueda, governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), speaks during a news conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo, JapanAsia-Pacific markets are set for a mixed open on Thursday as investors look to the Bank of Japan's rate decision, as well as key business activity figures from China.
Economists polled by Reuters expect the BOJ will hold rates at 0.25%, although the statement will be parsed for any clues on the timing of its next rate hike.
In China, the National Bureau of Statistics is set to release the country's official purchasing managers index numbers for September, with the manufacturing PMI forecast to come in at 49.9, a softer contraction than the 49.8 the month before.
Still, that would be the sixth straight month of contraction for the country's manufacturing sector.
Persons:
Kazuo Ueda
Organizations:
Bank of Japan, Bank of, Reuters, National Bureau, Statistics
Locations:
Tokyo, Japan Asia, Pacific, China