Analysis and Recommendation: The USD/JPY was down by 8 points matching the decline of the US dollar this morning seeming to ignore the mixed data that hit
The USD/JPY was down by 8 points matching the decline of the US dollar this morning seeming to ignore the mixed data that hit the wires, which showed a jump in retail sales and a slightly higher inflation rate. The pair edged to 120.95 on the recovering US dollar. US GDP released yesterday brought the possibility of a Fed increase back into the picture. The better-than-expected retail sales reading failed to comfort economists, however.
“The retail sales number is good but it may also be driven partly because of a weaker yen and tourism, and not really due to domestic factors,” an analyst.
“Overall domestic demand is one of the key concerns in the recovery,” he said.
Earlier this week, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda sought to reassure investors that the central bank’s 2 percent inflation target could be achieved by next year despite weaker oil prices.
Consumer prices in Japan were unchanged from a year earlier in July, underscoring the struggle the Bank of Japan (BOJ) faces in achieving its 2 percent inflation target and building the case for additional monetary stimulus.
The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile prices of fresh food but includes prices of oil products, was flat in July from the year-ago period, government data showed on Friday, compared with Reuters’ forecast for a drop of 0.2 percent and down from a 0.1 percent rise in June.
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Today’s economic releases:
Cur. |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
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JPY |
Household Spending (YoY) (Jul) |
-0.2% |
1.3% |
-2.0% |
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JPY |
Household Spending (MoM) (Jul) |
0.6% |
2.2% |
-3.0% |
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JPY |
Jobs/applications ratio (Jul) |
1.21 |
1.19 |
1.19 |
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JPY |
National Core CPI (YoY) (Jul) |
0.0% |
-0.2% |
0.1% |
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JPY |
Tokyo Core CPI (YoY) (Aug) |
-0.1% |
-0.2% |
-0.1% |
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JPY |
Retail Sales (YoY) (Jul) |
1.6% |
1.1% |
0.9% |
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Cur. |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
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United Kingdom – Summer Bank Holiday |
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NZD |
Building Consents (MoM) (Jul) |
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-4.1% |
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JPY |
Industrial Production (MoM) (Jul) |
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1.1% |
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AUD |
HIA New Home Sales (MoM) (Jul) |
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AUD |
Company Gross Operating Profits |
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0.2% |
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AUD |
Private Sector Credit (MoM) (Jul) |
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0.4% |
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CHF |
KOF Leading Indicators (Aug) |
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99.8 |
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EUR |
CPI (YoY) (Aug) |
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0.2% |
0.2% |
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CAD |
Current Account (Q2) |
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-17.5B |
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USD |
Chicago PMI (Aug) |
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54.5 |
54.7 |
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