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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Japan economy minister Yamagiwa on the contracting Q3 GDP data – optimistic for growth ahead

Japan’s economy contracted in the July to September 2021 quarter: Economy minister Yamagiwa On that economic package, this from earlier:

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Dollar surges to new highs, stocks in retreat

Overnight Headlines *US stocks fell after +6% US CPI, Tech worst hit *USD hit 15-1/2 month high, EUR below 1.15 *Gold jumped to a five-month top at $1868 *Vix touches…

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BpJ Minutes showed members said pent-up demand has yet to materialise in Japan

The Bank of Japan Minutes came out in recent trade and they showed that a few members said chip shortage, supply chain disruptions are weighing on glo

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Risk mood on the up, yen suffering

Overnight Headlines *US stocks jumped as better-than-expected outlooks kicked off earnings *USD ended lower against most G10 peers *Gold is holding recent gains around $1800 resistance *Oil continues higher, nears…

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