All China new home prices +8.3% y/y (vs. prior of +7.5%) New Zealand finance minister English says NZD at high 70 US cents would be comfortable Implications for USD/JPY of the Japanese sales tax hike Barclays analysts cut China 2014 growth forecast to 7.1% (from 7.4%) United States authorities seize Iran-owned skyscraper in New York New Zealand current account deficit for Q2 2013 comes in lower than expected Australia – Conference Board leading Index for July +0.3% (vs. -0.2% prior) Australia – Westpac/MI leading index for July +0.6% (vs. prior was flat at 0.0%) Credit Suisse says there will be no new liquefied natural gas developments or expansions in Australia for several years RBA’s Edey says talk of a housing bubble is unrealistically alarmist It was a seriously range-bound day across the currencies as the market waited for the conclusion of the FOMC meeting in the US tonight Asian time. The Nikkei traded higher through the morning, but did not have much impact on USD/JPY, which rose 15 points only. Gold sold off to below 1300, which didn’t do the AUD any favours, but here too the range was negligible, from 0.9355 to 0.9335/40. Kiwi fell away a little with the AUD. EUR, GBP, CHF … getouttahere. Plank-like.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 07:41:07 +0000
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