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Risk markets higher. Yen under pressure again. Australian Jobs data ahead

11 Apr 2013 - Equity markets have lead risk assets higher following yesterday strong China import data with the Kiwi making a 20 month high. The mood remains positive and has large…

Aud, Kiwi make multi-year highs against the Yen. Chinese Trade data, FOMC minutes ahead

10 Apr 2013 - Benign Chinese inflation data gave risk markets a boost again today with the US$ generally a bit softer and with US equities reaching all time highs. $/Yen failed to …

US$/Jpy & Jpy crosses continue to soar. BOJ minutes today will be in focus

09 Apr 2013 - It's all about the Yen, with $/Jpy at 100 is only a leap away and the crosses all soaring, while elsewhere it has been a fairly stable session, although Cable lost gr…

NFP missed badly. FOMC minutes, ECB report, EU Politics this week will provide the direction

08 Apr 2013 - Fridays job numbers saw the Euro, Sterling and Swiss all make good gains against the Dollar but the Yen had other ideas, making new 3 1/2 year lows, and is apparently…

C/B's inspire a big day for the financial markets. US Jobs/NFP awaits...

05 Apr 2013 - The Central Banks, led by the BOJ certainly gave the market the required volatility today and we now have the US Jobs data/NFP to focus on later in the session. The E…

Soft US data dents the US$, equities. BOJ, ECB, BOE all lie ahead today. NFP tomorrow

04 Apr 2013 - Soft US data sent the dollar and the equity markets lower. Today will be driven by central bank activity, with the BOJ, ECB and BOE all due to make interest rate deci…

Soft data pressures Euro, Cable ahead of the ECB, BOE meetings

03 Apr 2013 - Weak EU data pressured the Euro and particularly Cable today, ahead of tomorrows ECB, BOE meetings. The Yen had a volatile session, but ended unchanged over the 24 ho…

US$ slides on the back of weak manufacturing ISM, Yen gains on Korea concerns

02 Apr 2013 - Thin liquidity resulted in some exaggerated moves on the back of news coming from Cyprus, Korea and the US, where the data was weaker than expected. Today's highlight…

Higher Italian yields and ongoing Cyprus concerns send the Euro lower

28 Mar 2013 - Higher yields at an Italian bond auction and continuing concerns over Cyprus and the peripheral EU nations has helped to push the Euro lower again, with more downside…

Euro flat in but remains vulnerable, with Cyprus still the focus

27 Mar 2013 - Cyprus continues to weigh on markets although the Euro has manged to hang on today without making new lows against the Dollar, in what has been a fairly tight range. …

Euro sharply lower, despite the Cyprus bailout package. Yen again a safe haven destination

26 Mar 2013 - Comments from the Dutch finance Minister - suggesting that the Cyprus deal could be the template for future bailouts, scuppered any market enthusiasm that had earlier…

No resolve yet to the Cyprus bailout fiasco. EU ministers meeting delayed

25 Mar 2013 - The Cyprus bailout standoff continues to roll on, with rumours flying all over the place following the delay in the Eurozone Finance Ministers meeting. This is due to…

All eyes on Cyprus in what looks likely to be a nervous pre-weekend session

22 Mar 2013 - Concerns over what is going to happen in Cyprus combined with soft PMI's from both Germany and France to put a cap on any potential upside for the Euro today. It was …

Euro recovers as Cyprus fears ease a little. Equities up following the Fed

21 Mar 2013 - Cyprus worries eased a little today, allowing the Euro to recover from the previous session lows. The Yen weakened again after the Fed voted to continue with the curr…

Cyprus rejects the bailout terms, ensuring a nervous session ahead

20 Mar 2013 - Cyprus has voted against the terms of the bailout package which has put the skids under the recent sense of an easing in the EU debt crisis, and yields in the periphe…

Markets regain some balance following the Cyprus deal but remain vulnerable

19 Mar 2013 - Global markets have been volatile but have recovered from the initial sell-off following the Cyprus bailout package. Focus will now turn to today's Cyrus parliamentar…

Cyprus in focus today. Euro sharply lower. Yen soars on safe haven buying

18 Mar 2013 - The US$ retreated ahead of this week's FOMC meeting at which little is expected to change. Stocks finished generally a bit softer, with commodities mixed. It is a rea…

US$ reverses early gains. Choppy session overall, with Sterling rebounding strongly

15 Mar 2013 - The US Jobless Claims have improved the risk outlook and most currencies are firm today against the dollar. Cable had its best day of the year, badly squeezing the sh…

US$ bid on good Retail sales. RBNZ I/R decision, Aust jobs data ahead

14 Mar 2013 - The dollar remains firm after the better than expected US Retail Sales. The Euro was not helped earlier on by the Italian bond auction which met less than hoped for d…

The Yen, Cable have recovered from new lows in a mostly rangebound session

13 Mar 2013 - A generally quiet session. Commodities and the commodity bloc currencies are a bit higher and further gains look possible. Yen and Cable both made new trend lows but …

A largely rangebound session. Equities firm, dragging the risk currencies along for the ride

12 Mar 2013 - It was a pretty boring session for the most part and did very little before NY arrived. Things improved mildly after that and the dollar is generally a little bit sof…

Dow at record highs, US$ stronger following the NFP

11 Mar 2013 - The much improved NFP/Unemployment data saw the dollar jump and the equity markets continue their rally on Friday, with the Dow again reaching all time highs. More of…

ECB, BOE unchanged. Focus now on the NFP

08 Mar 2013 - After the ECB and BOE remained unchanged, both the Euro and Cable have recovered from their late NY/early Asia lows of this time yesterday. Focus now turns to the NFP…

Euro, Sterling, Yen weaker ahead of ECB, BOE, BOJ

07 Mar 2013 - All eyes are on the central Banks today with the ECB, BOJ and BOE all to announce I/R decisions. Better than expected ADP employment numbers helped the dollar and US …

Aud, Kiwi bid, in an otherwise steady session. Dow at all time highs

06 Mar 2013 - It has been a reasonably steady session for the currencies, with the headlines being grabbed by the all time highs in the Dow Jones Index. Aud and Kiwi remain bid fol…

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