The Traderszone Network

Here’s the data calendar for today
German PPI kicks us off then UK retail sales catch the eye, but key release will be US CPI at 13.30 GMT
As always I wish you a good session.

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Latest Japanese stores data now out
– Tokyo dept store sales yy +0.2% vs +2.2% prev
Nothing to see here .
USDJPY still 113.05

Japanese PM speaking in parliament
Again.
Spring wage talks in focus.
– says he’s asking corp leaders to raise wages
Meanwhile USDJPY
113.05 from 112.71 lows with Nikkei -1.30% at 15986.40 recovering off 15799.35 lows an hour ago.           
      

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Forex news for Asia trading Friday 19th February 2016
Overnight moves lower in stocks and stronger for the yen continued in Asia today. USD/JPY dropped under 113 and remains there as I update, while EUR/JPY was cushioned somewhat by EUR/USD putting on a few added points toward 1.1130.

All Industry Activity Index
– Prior is -1.1%, revised from -1.0%
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The index measures the value of goods and services purchased by businesses