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It's all on the JPY bear train today, although the exact reasoning behind the sizeable moves lower against all major currencies is still very much the subject of intense debate. (Source: Bloomberg) Our flow, predictably, has been centred on USDJPY, with EURUSD taking a breather. That said, its...

We start the week eyeing modest weakness in Asian equities, with growth dynamics firmly in focus. Although, earnings will start to get greater attention for those trading the ASX200, where a handful of names start the ball rolling on 1H earnings season. Interbank FX markets have opened on a...

The scene has been set for a solid drop in Asian equities on the open, with the ASX 200 likely to fall some 100-odd points, while the Nikkei 225 is likely to unwind -2% lower. Hong Kong should fare somewhat better, but the variance will be dictated to by mainland equity moves today. The big...

The market went into the FOMC meeting expecting a snoozefest, where USDJPY overnight implied volatility, if we use this as a proxy, sat around 9% through European trade and if we genuinely felt the FOMC meet was to be a volatility (vol) event it would be closer to 12%. The same can be said in...