Forex news and trading headlines 20 December 2016
News:
- BOJ's Kuroda says they will debate weak yen impact at next outlook report
- More from Kuroda: Current yen level not surprising
- More from Kuroda (2): Inappropriate for me to comment on currencies
- More from Kuroda (3): Not appropriate to reduce ETF purchases at the moment
- USDJPY to 130 and EURUSD to parity - A familiar cry from Morgan Stanley
- USDJPY pops 118.00 as dip demand provides solid support
- BOE's McCafferty: UK CPI will rise quite sharply
- Spain's de Guindos tips Q4 GDP at 0.7%-0.8%
- Germany's Merkel says they must assume Berlin deaths were due to a terrorist attack
- EURUSD drops back through 1.0400 as USD demand prevails
- EURUSD is looking precarious as it hovers around the days lows
- Option expiries for the 10 am NY cut today 20 Dec
- Nikkei 225 closes up +0.53% at 19,494.52
Data:
- December 2016 UK CBI distributive trade sales 35 vs 20 exp
- Eurozone current account Oct SA EUR +28.4bln vs +27.7bln prev
- Germany PPI Nov mm +0.3% vs +0.1% exp
- Switzerland trade balance Nov CHF +3.64bln vs +3.56bln exp
- Japan nationwide department store sales Nov yy -2.4% vs -3.9% prev
Ok, not the snappiest of headers but it's been that kind of session. Not quite one thing or the other.
More summary to follow.
