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Australian December 2024 Private Sector Credit +0.6% m/m (expected +0.5%)
Data from the Reserve Bank of Australia
RBA
AUD

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda is speaking soon - appearing in the Diet
BoJ Gov. to answer questions i the Japanese parliament
BOJ

Reminder - China and Hong Kong markets closed today, Friday January 31, for a holiday
Lunar New year celebrations continue
China Stock Market
China

Reminder - China and Hong Kong markets closed today, Friday January 31, for a holiday
Lunar New year celebrations continue
China Stock Market
China

WTI holds above $72.50 amid tariff concerns
West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $72.85 during the early Asian session on Friday.
Oil
WTI
Commodities
Macroeconomics

FBI & White House investigating whether DeepSeek got Nvidia (NVDA) chips through Singapore
Singaporean intermediaries investigated
SPX
Nasdaq
China

US Congressional offices warned not to use DeepSeek
Axios with the info
Politics
SPX
Nasdaq
China
USD

Japan Industrial Production for December (preliminary): +0.3% m/m (expected +0.3%)
Final readings will follow in around three weeks time
JPY

Japan Retail sales for December: +3.7% y/y (expected +3.2%)
Japan Retail sales data for December 2024
JPY

EUR/USD struggles under the weight of the Greenback
EUR/USD shifted lower for a fourth consecutive trading day on Thursday, peaking near 1.0450 before softening to shed one-fifth of one percent on the day and ending just below the 1.0400 handle as the Euro’s near-term bull run draws to an end.
EURUSD
Inflation
GDP
Fed

Japan's Tokyo CPI inflation climbs to 3.4% YoY in January vs. 3.0% prior
The headline Tokyo Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January climbed 3.4% YoY as compared to 3.0% in the previous month, the Statistics Bureau of Japan showed on Friday.
Japan
Inflation
CPI
Macroeconomics

Japan data: December Unemployment rate 2.4% (expected 2.5%)
Japan's jobs market is not in trouble.
JPY

Tokyo area January inflation data: Headline 3.4% y/y (expected 3%, prior 3%)
Tokyo CPI data leads the national result by about three weeks
JPY

Fed likely to hold rates steady as labor market, inflation remain stubbornly strong
BlackRock sees the Federal Reserve on hold for the coming months
Fed

Market swings on headlines shows "how on edge everyone is around tariffs"
Trump tariffs on Canada and Mexico, this weekend he says
CAD
USD

USD/CAD spiked near a 5-year high as Trump said Canada and Mexico tariffs coming Saturday
Recapping the forex volatility late in the New York afternoon.
Oil
CAD
USD

USD/CAD spiked near a 5-year high as Trump said Canada and Mexico tariffs coming Saturday
Recapping the forex volatility late in the New York afternoon.
Oil
CAD
USD

Forexlive Americas FX news wrap 30Jan:
Forex news for North American trading on Jan 30, 2025
Session wrap
Wrap Nth America



Economic calendar in Asia Friday, January 31, 2025 - inflation data from Japan (Tokyo)
The latest update on inflation data from Japan will be keenly watched to help tease out the likelihood of a near-term Bank of Japan rate hike
economic calendar

Trade ideas thread - Friday, 31 January, insightful charts, technical analysis, ideas
"Watching for crazy tariff tweets" is a valid trade idea IMO
USD

Trump hasn't yet put tariffs on Mexico and Canada but repeats that he will
He hasn't done it yet
CAD
MXN

Trump hasn't yet put tariffs on Mexico and Canada but repeats that he will
He hasn't done it yet
CAD
MXN

Australian Dollar saw milds gains as markets digest US data
AUD/USD remains range-bound above 0.6200 on Thursday as markets assess the United States (US) fourth-quarter GDP release, which could shape the Federal Reserve's (Fed) rate outlook.
AUDUSD
SEO
Currencies



Forex Today: Markets will closely follow the PCE data and German inflation
The US Dollar traded with a tepid downside bias amid lower yields and further investors’ assessment of Wednesday’s hawkish hold by the Federal Reserve, while the release of Friday’s PCE also prompted some caution.
DollarIndex
Inflation
EURUSD
Currencies


Canadian Dollar middles as markets mull over mixed US data
The Canadian Dollar (CAD) went nowhere fast on Thursday, cycling near the 1.4400 handle against the US Dollar (USD).
USDCAD
SEO
GDP






Dow Jones Industrial Average makes a late break on Thursday
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) churned on Thursday, marking in tracks around 44,700 but sticking close to the day’s opening bids.
DowJones
Equities
SEO

