Foreign exchange market. Asian session: The U.S. dollar continues the rally against the Japanese yen

Economic calendar (GMT0):

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

00:00 Australia Consumer Inflation Expectation October +3.4% +4.1%

00:01 United Kingdom RICS House Price Balance October 30% 25% 20%

01:30 Australia RBA Assist Gov Kent Speaks

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (MoM)(Finally) September +2.7% +2.7% +2.9%

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (YoY) September +0.6% +0.6% +0.8%

05:30 China Retail Sales y/y October +11.6% +11.6% +11.5%

05:30 China Industrial Production y/y October +8.0% +8.0% +7.7%

05:30 China Fixed Asset Investment October +16.1% +16.0% +15.9%

07:00 Germany CPI, m/m (Finally) October 0.3% -0.3% -0.3%

07:00 Germany CPI, y/y (Finally) October +0.8% +0.8% +0.8%

The U.S. dollar continued its rally against the Japanese yen trading closer to a seven-year high struck at the beginning of this week on Tuesday and trading flat against the euro currently at USD1.2437 after data on European production further softened the euro.

The Australian dollar declined after Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Christopher Kent stated that an intervention of the bank to weaken the Australian dollar still is a valid option if needed. Consumer Inflation Expectation rose from +3.4% to +4.1%.

The Kiwi was trading higher yesterday after the central banks report on financial stability and is now trading flat against the U.S. dollar.

The Japanese yen currently trading at USD115.79 closer to its seven-year low at USD 116.11 against the U.S. dollar. Speculations that Prime Minister Abe has decided on holding snap elections in December and a rallying Nikkei weighed on the currency.

EUR/USD: the euro gained against the greenback

USD/JPY: the U.S. dollar traded stronger against the Japanese yen

GPB/USD: The British pound traded weaker against the U.S. dollar

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

07:45 France CPI, y/y October +0.3%

07:45 France CPI, m/m October -0.4% -0.1%

08:15 Switzerland Producer & Import Prices, m/m October -0.1% -0.2%

08:15 Switzerland Producer & Import Prices, y/y October -1.4% -1.4%

09:00 Eurozone ECB Monthly Report

13:30 Canada New Housing Price Index September +0.3% +0.2%

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims November 278 282

15:00 U.S. JOLTs Job Openings September 4835 4850

15:30 Canada Bank of Canada Review

16:00 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories November +0.5

19:00 U.S. Federal budget October 105.8 -111.5

20:05 Canada Gov Council Member Wilkins Speaks