Foreign exchange market. Asian session: the yen declined

Economic calendar (GMT0):

Time/ Region/ Event/ Period/ Previous/ Forecast/ Actual

02:00 China Industrial Production y/y December 6.2% 6.0% 5.9%

02:00 China Retail Sales y/y December 11.2% 11.3% 11.1%

02:00 China Fixed Asset Investment December 10.2% 10.2% 10.0%

02:00 China GDP y/y Quarter IV 6.9% 6.8% 6.8%

07:00 Germany CPI, m/m (Finally) December 0.1% -0.1% -0.1%

07:00 Germany CPI, y/y (Finally) December 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%

The yen declined against the U.S. dollar after Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the bank had many tools to revive inflation. These comments were made on the background of rumors of expansion of the asset purchase program, which currently stands at ¥80 trillion.

The Australian dollar declined amid disappointing data from its major trading partner China. The country's economic growth slowed to 6.8% in the fourth quarter of 2015. Meanwhile the economy expanded by 6.9% over 2015, marking the weakest result since 1990. These data confirmed talks about the economy losing momentum. Retail sales rose by 11.1% y/y in China in December compared to slightly faster growth of 11.2% in November.

EUR/USD: the fluctuated within $1.0880-00 in Asian trade

USD/JPY: the pair traded within Y117.20-70

GBP/USD: the pair traded within $1.4235-60

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

08:15 Switzerland Producer & Import Prices, m/m December 0.4% 0.2%

08:15 Switzerland Producer & Import Prices, y/y December -5.5%

09:00 Eurozone Current account, unadjusted, bln November 25.9

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Output (MoM) December -0.2% -0.2%

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Input (YoY) December -13.1% -11.9%

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Input (MoM) December -1.6% -1.8%

09:30 United Kingdom Producer Price Index - Output (YoY) December -1.5% -1.2%

09:30 United Kingdom Retail Price Index, m/m December 0.1% 0.1%

09:30 United Kingdom Retail prices, Y/Y December 1.1% 1.1%

09:30 United Kingdom HICP, m/m December 0.0% 0%

09:30 United Kingdom HICP, Y/Y December 0.1% 0.2%

09:30 United Kingdom HICP ex EFAT, Y/Y December 1.2% 1.2%

10:00 Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment January 33.9 27.9

10:00 Eurozone Construction Output, y/y November 1.1%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI December -0.1% 0%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI, Y/Y (Finally) December 0.2% 0.2%

10:00 Eurozone Harmonized CPI ex EFAT, Y/Y (Finally) December 0.9% 0.9%

10:00 Germany ZEW Survey - Economic Sentiment January 16.1 9

13:30 Canada Foreign Securities Purchases November 22.08 12.10

15:00 U.S. NAHB Housing Market Index January 61 61

21:00 U.S. Net Long-term TIC Flows November -16.6

21:00 U.S. Total Net TIC Flows November 68.9

21:45 New Zealand CPI, q/q Quarter IV 0.3% -0.2%

21:45 New Zealand CPI, y/y Quarter IV 0.4% 0.4%

23:30 Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence January -0.8%