BOJ's Kuroda: Negative rates will help boost Japan's economy

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kuroda is speaking in parliament today, noting that negative rates will help boost Japan's economy.

Headlines via Bloomberg

Neg rates will put downward pressure on bond yields

Easing is aimed at achieving price target

Feb 19, 2016

AUD/USD cracks 0.7100 on RBA’s Edwards

Risk-off market profile combined with RBA’s Edwards comments knocked-off the AUD/USD pair below the key support hourly 200-SMA support, now breaking through 0.71 handle.

Asian stocks snap rebound, track Oil lower

The sentiment on the Asian bourses turned sour on the final trading day of the week, bringing an end to the recent rebound as well as paring the biggest weekly upsurge since December 2011, as oil prices fell resumed the downtrend.