Japan: Machinery Orders (YoY) (May): 16.5% vs -1.1%

Jul 11, 2013

Japan: Machinery Orders (MoM) (May): 10.5% vs -8.8%

Flash: Fed view unchanged from before, mid-2014 in focus? – Westpac

The USD was hammered across the board as the FOMC minutes were viewed as a little more dovish than expected, followed by Fed chairman Bernanke’s Q&A session, upsetting the consensus view that the June jobs data reinforced the Fed’s plan to start reducing stimulus from September, notes Sean Callow, a Global FX Strategist at Westpac.