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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…
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Overnight we have the most important economic event of the month for the yen! It's not the interest rate decision, but rather the monetary policy statement and particularly, the press conference that comes after it. Usually, we see quite…
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The Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting held last week on Friday saw no major changes to interest rates or the central bank's QE program as widely expected. However, the BoJ removed its reference to following a time-frame for achieving…
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The Bank of Japan will be holding its monetary policy meeting later this week on Friday. The BoJ's meeting comes on the heels of the ECB meeting on Thursday. While no changes to interest rates are expected from the BoJ, the central bank's…
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Daily Forex Market Preview, 21/12/2017 The Bank of Japan's monetary policy meeting held earlier today saw interest rates and the central bank's QQE purchases remaining unchanged as expected. The board members voted 8 -1 to keep monetary…
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Summary: BoJ meeting largely a non-event. No major policy changes Interest rates remain at -0.10% BoJ’s QQE remains at 80 trillion yen BoJ upgrades GDP growth by 0.1 percentage point BoJ maintains subdued inflation rate…
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Bank of Japan April Meeting Summary: Interest rates left unchanged at -0.10% QQE purchases unchanged at 80 trillion yen 2017 – 2018 GDP forecasts increased from 1.5% to 1.6% 2017 – 2018 (core) inflation forecasts reduced…
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During the first trading day of the week and early morning hours of the Asian session, a few economic figures were released from Japan and China which had a notable impact on the markets. However, the US elections outcome and the positive…
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Market Summary Japan wages rise for a second consecutive month Eurozone PMI falls to a 19-month low Eurozone PMI dragged down on weaker growth from Germany UK services PMI rebounds rises back above 50 US and Canada…
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Market Summary BoJ Kuroda says will not hesitate to ease monetary policy FOMC voting member, Mester says Fed close to meeting it policy mandate Sweden retail sales fall for a second consecutive month UK markets are closed on…
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