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Here’s your data calendar for today 2 May
Greetings one and all. I trust you had a good week-end.
Public Holiday today here in the UK but no peace for the wicked here at FXL towers so we will be bringing you our usual coverage, albeit with me flying solo, with the rest of Europe all at their desks.

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Japanese stocks fell sharply early Monday, leading declines in the rest of Asia, on the yen’s surge to a new 1½-year high against the dollar, weak earnings results from several firms and selling after the Bank of Japan’s inaction on Thursday.
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Forex news for Asia trading Monday 2 May 2016
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Some decent swings in the yen today, with USD/JPY opening near last week’s lows in the early hours of Monday only to jump back to around 106.70 and then drop all the way back toward earlier lows before recovering again! There was not much in the way of pertinent news flow, not that the yen needs it at present.

The Commonwealth Secretariat has launched a blockchain-powered secure communication tool for governments and law enforcement.

A fan favorite returns, and is Westeros somehow channeling our election?
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Head honcho at the Swiss National Bank and 2015 FX villain of the year Thomas Jordan is speaking later
– Due at 1630GMT
– Speaking at the Europa Forum
The topic looks very interesting indeed: “The euro and Swiss monetary policy”