The Traderszone Network

Dozens of large shareholders in Volkswagen plan to sue the carmaker, seeking compensation for the plunge in its shares due to its emissions scandal.

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda on script – nothing new
K speaking in the Japanese parliament again today
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– Japan’s price trend is steadily improving
Headlines on Bloomberg & Reuters

China’s economy grew 6.8 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, matching expectations and the slowest since the global financial crisis, putting pressure on Beijing to roll out more support measures as fears of a sharper slowdown panic investors. After being a major locomotive of global growth in recent years, China is locked in the midst of a protracted slowdown, weighed down by weak exports, factory overcapacity, slowing investment, a soft property market and high debt levels.

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Oil futures remained under pressure in early trading on Tuesday, following a slide that has seen prices fall by more than a quarter since the beginning of the year, as the full return of Iran to oil markets adds to an already huge supply overhang. Oil prices had briefly stabilized in the previous session, but only after hitting the lowest since 2003 as western sanctions against Iran were lifted, allowing the country with the world’s fourth-largest oil and gas reserves to return in full to the market.

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China’s economy expanded by 6.9 percent in 2015, reigniting worries about health of the world’s second-largest economy.

China Q4 GDP data is here
It was a slight miss on the consensus median expectation from Bloomberg’s survey
There was some volatility (in a small range, admittedly) in the AUD after the figure, but its now down on session lows:

The company looks poised to have a big year, but there are a few things that could go wrong.