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March 2016 Japanese consumer confidence data report 8 April 2016
– Income growth 40.6 vs 39.8 prior
– Employment 43.9 vs 42.2 prior
– Overall livelihood 40.5 vs 38.5 prior
Confidence has been improving through the latter part of 2015 the suffered a dip last month. It now looks to be getting back on track.

Squawk Box Live in Europe is watching developments after the yen reached a 17-month high against the dollar.

March 2016 Japanese bankruptcies 8 April 2016
– 3.18% vs 7.11% prior m/m
– Debts of bankrupt firms -21.34% vs 8.15% prior y/y
Not a big data point for markets but things don’t look too hot for the finance sector do they?

Janet Yellen tells CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that banks are safer with more capital and there are better mechanisms for dissolving failed institutions. “We’ve made considerable progress” on the issue of Too Big To Fail, she says.

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Singapore has edged Hong Kong to emerge as Asia’s top financial center and the third most important venue for financiers around the world.

It’s nearly the weekend and here’s the data to see us through Friday
Good morning folks. It’s not been a massive week for data but we have a few events worth noting today.