BNY’s Geoff Yu notes that Bank of Japan (BoJ) officials are reported open to raising rates faster than economists expected as Japanese Yen (JPY) weakness lifts inflation risks.
The Euro (EUR) reversed earlier gains against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on Wednesday, following hawkish comments by Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) policymakers. The pair, however, remains a few pips below 186.00 at the time of writing, with the five-week high of 186.19 at a short distance.
ING’s Chris Turner relays UK economist James Smith’s view that underlying United Kingdom (UK) inflation is moving in the right direction despite slightly higher core data. Falling food and petrol prices and softer core services inflation suggest domestically generated inflation is benign.