Japan Capacity Utilization declines to 1.7% in Jan from 2.9%

Mar 14, 2013

Japan lower house endorses new BoJ leadership

As expected, the Japanese lower house has approved the three BOJ leadership nominees, with Mr. Kuroda as the appointed governor, while the two deputies are Mr. Iwata and Mr. Nakaso.

Forex: EUR/USD prints session lows sub-1.2950 on USD strength

EUR/USD is currently slipping to fresh session lows last at 1.2949, on the back of a broad USD move higher, following much better than expected yesterday's US retail sales figures, showing best monthly increase in 5 months. USD index is last at fresh session highs near 82.90 levels, off session lows at 82.76, previous resistance line, following another new high at 83.05 post-US data, highest since late July last year.