Foreign exchange market. Asian session: the Australian dollar rose supported by stocks

Economic calendar (GMT0):

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

00:00 Australia HIA New Home Sales, m/m August -0.4%

03:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision 0% 0%

03:00 Japan Bank of Japan Monetary Base Target 275 275

03:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement

05:00 Japan Coincident Index (Preliminary) August 113.1 112.5

05:00 Japan Leading Economic Index (Preliminary) August 105 103.5

06:00 Germany Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) August 0.7% 0.2% -1.2%

06:00 Germany Industrial Production (YoY) August 0.5% 3.4%

The Australian dollar rose amid gains in Asian stocks and a weaker U.S. dollar. However unfavorable data on business activity in Australia's construction sector limited growth of the AUD. AiG Performance of Construction Index came in at 51.9 in September compared to 53.8 reported previously. Nevertheless on the whole the construction sector rose for the second straight month. Construction of residential houses rose to an eleven-month high.

The yen rose against the greenback after release of results of today's Bank of Japan meeting and speech by LDP's Kozo Yamamoto. BOJ Board members voted 8 to 1 to keep monetary policy unchanged. Kozo Yamamoto spoke after the meeting. He sounded optimistic and said that the point of Abenomics is to ease monetary policy. The policymaker noted that the BOJ needs to buy more bonds. Yamamoto also said that there is no need to worry about public debt and that financial condition in the country is improving fast.

EUR/USD: the pair fluctuated within $1.1260-80 in Asian trade

USD/JPY: the pair fell to Y119.75

GBP/USD: the pair rose to $1.5255

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

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

06:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference

06:45 France Trade Balance, bln August -3.3 -3.5

07:00 Switzerland Foreign Currency Reserves September 540

08:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (MoM) August -0.4% 0.3%

08:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (YoY) August 0.8% 1.2%

08:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (MoM) August -0.8% 0.3%

08:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (YoY) August -0.5% -0.1%

11:00 U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications October -6.7%

12:30 Canada Building Permits (MoM) August -0.6% 0.8%

14:00 United Kingdom NIESR GDP Estimate September 0.5%

14:30 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories October 3.955 2.0

19:00 U.S. Consumer Credit August 19.1 19

23:50 Japan Current Account, bln August 1808.6 1221.1

23:50 Japan Core Machinery Orders September -3.6% 3.2%

23:50 Japan Core Machinery Orders, y/y August 2.8% 4.2%