ForexLive Asia FX news: USD a little higher

Forex news for Asia trading Thursday 30 March 2017

• BOJ"s Iwata: Appropriate to continue powerful monetary easing


• BOJ dep. gov. Iwata to appear in Japan"s parliament from 12.10pm Tokyo time


• RBNZ sold NZD in February (if it was intervention, they"re doing it wrong)


• PBOC sets USD/CNY mid-point today at 6.8889 (vs. yesterday at 6.8915)


• USD/JPY & EUR/JPY orders


• US reviewing China’s “market-economy status” ... higher tariffs possible?


• EUR/USD orderboard


• USD ticking higher in the Asian morning


• Stock-, futures- foreign -exchanges ... all BORING. China has a donkey exchange!


• AUD and NZD orderboards


• Australia HIA New Home Sales (February): +0.2% m/m (prior -2.2%)


• Big 4 Australian banks" outlook for next week"s RBA meeting


• Reuters report: Trump to unveil $1 trillion infrastructure plan in 2017: official


• US to investigate China for supplying cheap tinfoil hats


• Trade ideas thread - Thursday 30 March 2017


• Brexit & the GBP: Start of a "grace period"; buy dips says TD


• Japan press - Yen strength putting the BOJ"s 2% inflation target in jeopardy


• China press (Xinhua) overnight cite "think tank" Q1 GDP forecast at 6.8%


• Just waking up? Here is the ECB story overnight - they told us all to chill out


• Economic data due from Asia today 


• ICYMI: Forexlive Americas forex news wrap: Article 50 triggered. GBP steady.

A stronger USD nearly across the board here in Asia today, albeit in small ranges.

Fresh news and data flow was nearly non-existent, some data from Japan and Australia, and a rehash of the US $1tln US infrastructure "plan" (no details as yet).

USD/JPY added 30-odd points to early levels, topping circa 111.40 on the session so far before giving a little back. The move took yen crosses mainly higher also, EUR/JPY turning around from circa 119.80.

EUR/USD has traded down a little, more or less steadily (and slowly) toward 1.0740 (not quite getting there though). A similar move for the CHF against the dollar, USD/CHF ticked higher to around 0.9980.  

Cable hung in there, it is basically unchanged on the session.

Can"t say the same for the Australian dollar, it has drifted off a few points, as has the kiwi$.

Gold is down a few dollars on the session, oil is little changed.

There was a bit of pollie waffle:

• U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan opposes Trump working with Democrats on healthcare


• Hawaii judge extends temporary halt to Trump"s travel ban

A lacklustre day in Asia today, but be sure to tune in again on Friday - its Japanese inflation day!

Regional equities:

• Nikkei -0.35%  


• Shanghai -1.12%


• HK -0.44%


• ASX +0.29%
  

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