U.S. Senate confirms ex-Chicago Mayor Emanuel to be ambassador to Japan

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Japan services PMI for November 53.0 (vs. 50.7 prior)

Jibun Bank Japan Services and Composite PMIs for November improved as coronavirus states of emergency declaration eased back.  Services 53.0  Composite 53.3

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Japan November manufacturing PMI (Jibun) 54.5 (vs. October’s53.2)

Manufacturing PMI from Japan, final for November   more to come   At 54.5 that’s the highest in 4 years for this.  IHS Markit:

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Japan preliminary PMIs for November: Manufacturing 53.5 (vs. expected 54.5)

Japan Jibun Bank / Markit preliminary PMIs for November  – expected 54.5, prior 53.2 Services  52.1 Composite 52.5Summary table: Commentary (in brief) via Markit:

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Australia to open up to (fully vaccinated visitors from) Japan and South Korea

From 1 December. Announcement from Australian Prime Minister Morrison  Arrivals from Japan and SK including 

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida confirms his government is considering an oil reserve release

Over the past week the US administration has been in discussions with other countries over releasing oil from reserves: The US has approached China, Japan, India, South Korea 

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Good week for GBP with more solid data

Overnight Headlines *USD moves lower, below 16-month highs *US stocks notched record closing highs boosted by earnings *Oil rebounds after falling to six-week lows *Japan reveals bigger than expected fiscal…

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USD/JPY Aims Higher After Japan’s Core CPI Falls Short of Expectations

USD/JPY appears to be ready to finish out the week with gains as Japanese Yen weakness continues following CPI data for October.

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Dollar breaks higher to new top in USD/JPY

Overnight Headlines *USD made fresh highs for the move, versus EUR and JPY *US stocks were boosted by better-than-expected US retail sales *Bitcoin falls below $60,000, finds support at 50-day…

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Japan’s Daishiro Yamagiwa: Economy is expected to pick up ahead due to global

Japan economy minister, Daishiro Yamagiwa says in a Gross Domestic Product statement that the economy continues to pick up but the pace is weakening a

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