High importanceJPJPY · Central bank · 29 Oct 2026 · 23:00 ET · in 12 d 14 h

Bank of Japan interest rate decision

Thu 29 October · 23:00 ET (12:00 Tokyo) · in 12 d 14 h. The central bank’s policy rate decision.

Forecast
1.25%
Previous
1.25%
Actual
Due 23:00 ET

Below 1.25%In line 1.25% to 1.25%Above 1.25%

▏Forecast 1.25%○ Previous 1.25%

The levelsMeasured from its last 8 prints

BelowBelow 1.25%JPY down
USD/JPY up EUR/JPY up GBP/JPY up
In line1.25% to 1.25%Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 1.25%JPY up
USD/JPY down EUR/JPY down GBP/JPY down

In line is the forecast ± how far this series usually lands from it (median miss 0%). Above or below that is a genuine surprise. JPY up or down is the playbook’s mapping for this release; the pairs show how each quote moves when JPY does. Arithmetic, not a forecast.

Its own historyLast 8 prints vs the forecast before each: 0 above · 8 in line · 0 below

0.39%0.63%0.88%1.12%1.36%Oct ’25Jan ’26Apr ’26Jul ’26Next (next)

— Forecast before the print● Actual▮ Next release: in-line range

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
17 Sep 2026—1.25%1.25%In line with forecast
30 Jul 2026—1%1%In line with forecast
15 Jun 2026—1%1%In line with forecast
27 Apr 2026—0.75%0.75%In line with forecast
18 Mar 2026—0.75%0.75%In line with forecast
22 Jan 2026—0.75%0.75%In line with forecast
18 Dec 2025—0.75%0.75%In line with forecast
29 Oct 2025—0.5%0.5%In line with forecast

What moved

After it prints: USD/JPY, EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY from the hour before to the hour after, from 1-hour bars.