BOJ

"Conserving Ammunition" seems to be the watchword going into the BOJ's interest rate decision, which we are expecting later tonight. There had been some talk that they might cut rates in line with the global race to the bottom. However,… Read More

The week ahead will see a pickup in activity. The economic calendar stands out with the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve due to hold their respective monetary policy meetings. On the economic front, there is plenty of data to keep… Read More

The BOJ meeting is now behind us. So it's back to reviewing data and the market reaction to the fundamental drivers behind the yen. Coming up next, we have inflation data from Japan which is is the last major data we will see over the… Read More

It's central bank week and most of the majors are scheduled to decide on policy. The consensus is that they are in a "race to the bottom" with rates, and are just waiting for each other to pull the trigger. So, needless to say, it will… Read More

Economic data for the week ahead will see the momentum being maintained. Following the ECB's meeting last week, the focus shifts to other central banks. This week, the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the… Read More

The Fed – Easing to Come While the Fed cut rates at its last meeting, Fed chair Powell was quick to downplay the likelihood of further easing. Instead, he maintained that the move was a “mid-cycle adjustment” rather than the start of a… Read More

Rounding out a pretty busy week for Japan, we have one of the most important events on the economic calendar this month: the first look at GDP for Q2. Given all that's been going on, this is likely to be extra important this time around.… Read More

We're kicking off a really busy day for the markets in Japan! We have a host of key economic events coming out. And Wednesday and Thursday concentrate the bulk of Japanese corporate earnings. After Friday, we could have a pretty good… Read More

We have a few important data points coming up over the next couple of days that could move JPY. Chief among them is retail sales and employment data. It's only been a week since the last BOJ meeting, so data has a stronger impact on the… Read More

The yen has had a busy couple of weeks on the economic front, with a host of data coming out to help drive the currency. But, after tomorrow, we get a few days rest where we can expect the currency to move chiefly on technicals. Then we… Read More