Analysis and Recommendation: The USD/JPY continues to climb to trade at 2 year highs trading this morning at 86.39. As Shinzo Abe moves like a bull in a
Analysis and Recommendation:
The USD/JPY continues to climb to trade at 2 year highs trading this morning at 86.39. As Shinzo Abe moves like a bull in a China shop pushing things out of his way to implement his economic agenda to help the Japanese economy to recover. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet got down to work Thursday dismantling various policies of the previous administration, including the zero-nuclear target, and musing on a review of the 1993 Kono Statement, an apology for the coercion of women into sexual slavery during the war.
It will be hard for the incoming government to manage foreign exchange rates, departing economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara said. Japan is moving in “a good direction” as the yen’s rise has been corrected and stock prices have advanced, Maehara told a news conference. But it would be “difficult” to keep yen rates at levels the incoming government thinks are appropriate, Maehara added.
Japan should focus on efforts to enhance its economic growth potential instead of expanding fiscal spending through public works growth, he said. “It would be totally meaningless if super easy monetary conditions are not used to improve the strength of the real economy,” he said.
Data released this morning in Japan was gloomy, as industrial production continued to decline, although unemployment fell and retail sales climbed. The data is contrary and mixed.
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Economic Data December 28, 2012 actual v. forecast
Date |
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Currency |
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Event |
Actual |
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Forecast |
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Previous |
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Dec 28 |
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KRW |
|
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South Korean Industrial Production |
2.9% |
|
0.8% |
|
-0.8% |
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|
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|
KRW |
|
|
South Korean Industrial Production |
2.3% |
|
0.7% |
|
0.6% |
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|
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JPY |
|
|
Unemployment Rate |
4.1% |
|
4.2% |
|
4.2% |
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|
|
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JPY |
|
|
Tokyo Core CPI (YoY) |
-0.6% |
|
-0.5% |
|
-0.5% |
|
|
|
|
JPY |
|
|
Industrial Production (MoM) |
-1.7% |
|
-0.5% |
|
1.6% |
|
|
|
|
JPY |
|
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Retail Sales (YoY) |
1.3% |
|
1.1% |
|
-1.2% |
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Upcoming Economic Events that affect the AUD, NZD, JPY and USD
Date |
Time |
Country |
Event |
Forecast |
Previous |
Jan. 01 |
01:00 |
CNY |
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50.60 |