The 6am Cut London

*Asian stocks fell* ahead of a speech by BoJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda, and US data and central bank meetings in the US and Europe this week. The Nikkei and Topix both fell more than 2%. The yen held gains versus the dollar, while most metals and natural gas declined. (Bloomberg)(FastFT)

*Today*: BoJ’s Kuroda is speaking about QQE (PDF). Japan retail sales. UK M4 money supply, mortgage approvals, consumer credit. US pending home sales.

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