Nippon's buy of NAB's insurance business to boost AUD?

FXStreet (Bali) - National Australia Bank has been placed in a trading halt as reports emerge that Nippon Life will buy roughly 80 per cent of the bank's life insurance business for 220 billion yen ($2.5 billion), reports Clancy Yeates, banking reporters for Sydney Morning Herald.

Clancy expands: "Japanese news outlet Yomiuri reported Nippon would own about 80 per cent of the unit, according to Bloomberg. In its request for a trading halt, which NAB expects to last until tomorrow, NAB said it would soon make an announcement on a "material transaction."

RBNZ Preview: Taking a breather - Nomura

Charles St-Arnaud, Australian Economist at Nomura, notes that this week's RBNZ decision will be a very close call, with a lack of inflationary pressures and a strong NZD pointing to a need for further easing. That said, St-Arnaud anticipates the Central Bank to hold in October, and ease again in Dec.
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USD/JPY: bears take price back below 200 DMA

USD/JPY is currently trading at 120.80 with a high of 121.08 and a low of 120.83 below the (200 DMA). he Asian markets opened lower following a soft start on Wall Street today while markets digest last week's activity ahead of key events this week.
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