Japan CPI

While most of the world is taking an extended weekend, Japan is still hard at work on Friday. And we have the release of some key data as well. With Europe and the Americas closed for the holiday, most major traders are also away from…

During the upcoming Asian session, market moves are likely to shift around the Japanese yen, as we have a fresh serving of key macro data coming out. Three inflation data points will be released at the same time. They are expected to get…

As expected, the BOJ kicked off the year by keeping its monetary policy unchanged.  However, bulls were once again dealt a blow as the bank slashed its inflation forecast yet again. This is now the fourth consecutive downgrade to the…

The latest Japanese inflation data did little to inspire hope in a change-of-course for BOJ policy anytime soon. Core inflation, which strips out energy and food prices for December grew just 0.7% year on year. This data was down from the…

Following an uneventful week which saw the Bank of Canada and the European Central Bank maintaining the status quo, the pace of economic data is seen to be slowing in the coming week. While last week was all about inflation numbers, this…

The Australian dollar was the weakest currency last week as the AUD gave up the gains logged earlier in the week after posting a weekly high to 0.7749. Following the AUD was the US dollar which continued to post steady declines for two…