Japan’s MoF announces stimulus spending to support firms, workers
Japan to tap 2.17tln yen of coronavirus reserve funds Stock indexes in Japan are trading higher following the Wall St. tech lead overnight
Read More »Japan will raise tariffs on US beef imports for 30 days
Japan’s Ministry of Finance confirms.
Read More »Japan – Jibun Bank/Markit Services 46.3 and Composite 48.2 PMI (final) for February
Preliminary and priors can be found here
Read More »Japan – Jibun Bank/Markit Manufacturing PMI (final) for February 51.4
Japan Jibun Bank / Markit PMIs for February comes in at 51.4 – preliminary for Manufacturing was 50.6 – prior 49.8
Read More »USD/CAD Downtrend Resumes as Powell Calms Stock Market, Nikkei 225 at Risk
The Canadian Dollar extended gains as Fed Chair Jerome Powell quelled market volatility. Japan’s Nikkei 225 may gap lower, with NZD/USD eying the RBNZ during the APAC session.
Read More »Live Analysis | February, 15
Stock markets supported by recovery hopes. Markets started the week in full risk on mood, as confidence in the global recovery strengthened. Japan Q4 GDP numbers came in higher than…
Read More »Japan – Jibun Bank/Markit Services 46.1 and Composite 47.1 PMI (final) for January
Japan – Jibun Bank/Markit PMIs … both of these still in contraction. Comment from the Markit report accompanying the results:
Read More »Japan manufacturing PMI for January 49.8
Japan – Jibun Bank/Markit Manufacturing PMI (final) for January Back into contraction for the month to kick-off 2021. Falls for both employment and output indexes
Read More »FX Update – January 18 – USD Holds on to gains
USDindex, H1 The USDIndex has posted a one-month high at 90.88, which sets up potential for a third consecutive up week, something that hasn’t been seen since January last year….
Read More »USD/JPY 1Q Forecast: Can the BoJ Keep Up With the Breakneck Pace of the FOMC?
With Shinzo Abe now no longer leading Japan, can Abenomic-fueled Yen losses remain?
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