By FXStreet Japan’s finance minister Aso was also on wires earlier today, commenting on the sales tax hike plans. Key Quotes: No change in PM Abe’s plan to
By FXStreet Japan’s economic minister Ishihara crossed the wires via Reuters last minutes, and provided details on another newly formed advisory panel. Key Quotes: Advisory panel on new
By FXStreet The Australian dollar halted a 5-day winning streak and turned negative versus its OZ sister following the release of below estimates Australia’s retail turnover figures. AUD/NZD
By FXStreet Analysts at Westpac noted that Australia Jan retail sales are out at 11:30am Syd/8:30am Sing/HK. Key Quotes: “Dec was a disappointing flat reading, particularly given the
By FXStreet Valeria Bednarik, chief analyst at FXStreet explained that the USD/JPY pair erased most of its intraday gains after the release of soft US macroeconomic data, and
By FXStreet AUD/USD is currently trading at 0.7349 with a high of 0.7355 in early Asia and a low of 0.7346. AUD/USD remains in positive territory having made
By FXStreet Analysts at Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi explained that declining FX vols probably mean another steady trading week ahead, which is the norm whenever the Two Meetings
By FXStreet Wall Street seesawed around its daily opening all through this Thursday, finally ending the day with small gains for third session in a row. Investors stood
By FXStreet European indexes closed the day generally lower, with the DAX down by 24 points to end at 9,751.92, weighed by a contraction in the services activity
By FXStreet The Nikkei 225 found support in a weaker yen, and closed the day up by 1.28% at 16,960.16. A generally better market sentiment during the Asian