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Here’s your data calendar for Monday 4 April
Greetings one and all. I trust you had an enjoyable week-end.
Terrific T20 cricket World Cup Final even if it did have the wrong outcome for England.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaking at a meeting with Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of junior coalition partner Komeito
(via Bloomberg  )

Its economic surprises that push the Federal Reserve monetary policymakers to change rates
That’s the view from Deutsche Bank AG Chief Global Strategist Binky Chadha

Forex news for Asia trading Monday 4 April 2016
Weekend:
USD/JPY and AUD/USD the movers today in Asia, both to the downside.
The part of the quarterly Bank of Japan Tankan report showed declining inflation expectations and gave a boost to chatter of the potential for further BOJ monetary policy stimulus at the upcoming April meeting (27th and 28th). USD/JPY didn’t seem to get the memo though, dropping away to lose nearly 50 points from its session high today (though its rebounded a little).

Comments on the won, baht, Taiwan dollar, yuan and ringgit from Goldman Sachs
– “These are good levels to short Asian currencies, especially the won, baht, Taiwan dollar, yuan and ringgit,” Kamakshya Trivedi, Goldman’s chief emerging-market macro strategist in London, said in an interview. “There are very direct implications for emerging-market currencies in Asia from yuan moves. We forecast more weakness across this currency complex.”
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Asian stocks were modestly higher on Monday after solid U.S.

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I posted the Bank of Japan Tankan follow-up earlier, ie. part 2 of the survey results: the 
Corporate Price Expectations survey
Reuters have a bit of a recap up now: