- BOJ expanded its easing program by Yen10 trillion and kept rates unchanged:
- Statement was dovish, leaving way open for a possible policy change in January:
- JPY has strengthened nonetheless as the market is short at extreme levels:
- Greek FinMin was reported as saying that Greece could still leave EZ:
- EUR/JPY fell from 111.80 to 111.00 before recovering to 111.50:
- Australian Treasurer announces that budget surplus now unlikely:
- New Zealand GDP +0.2% QoQ; business confidence drops to 22.7 from 26.4:
- China’s leading economic indicator index falls to 1.1 from 1.5 last month.