USD/JPY oversteps 137.00 as odds of further divergence in Fed-BOJ policy escalate

 

JPY: Core Machinery Orders m/m, it measures change in the total value of new private-sector purchase orders placed with manufacturers for machines, excluding ships and utilities.

JPY: M2 Money Stock y/y, it measures change in the total quantity of domestic currency in circulation and deposited in banks.

JPY: Prelim Machine Tool Orders y/y, it measures change in the total value of new orders placed with machine tool manufacturers.

EUR: Italian Retail Sales m/m, it measures change in the total value of sales at the retail level.

EUR: German Buba President Nagel Speaks, ECB Governing Council members vote on where to set the Eurozone’s key interest rates and their public engagements are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future monetary policy.

USD: FOMC Member Williams Speaks, Federal Reserve FOMC members vote on where to set the nation’s key interest rates and their public engagements are often used to drop subtle clues regarding future monetary policy.