Intra-Day News & Views (USD/JPY) & data to be released today: Sept 18, 2014


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18 Sep 2014 02:12GMT


USD/JPY
- ..... Statement from Japan Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, quote:
'no truth to report Japan will announce stronger sanction on Russia tomorrow;
will take appropriate action focusing on coordination with G7, on sanctions vs Russia.'

Japan's MoF, their FinMin Taro Aso and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will hold a bilateral meeting on Fri ahead of a weekend gathering of finance leaders in Cairns, Australia.
The ministry said that the 2 sides will likely discuss the ECO. situations of their countries as well as the world economy.

Reuters reported the meeting will take place after the dollar broke above 108 yen, a 6-year high versus the Japanese currency, although it was unknown if the two finance chiefs would discuss currencies.


Thursday will see the release of New Zealand's GDP, Japan's import, export and trade balance, China's house prices, Swiss trade balance and interest rate decision, U.K. retail sales, CBI trends, U.S. building permits, housing starts, initial jobless claims, Philly Fed business index and U.K. Independence referendum.

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