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Bank of Japan board member Naoki Tamura spoke today: BOJ’s Tamura makes his case again for faster interest rate hikes His comment on getting rates to 1% is catching headlines: short-term interest rates shouldd be raised to at least 1% by the second half of fiscal 2025 to…

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AP had the news: The United States says that its government vessels would be allowed to sail for free through the Panama Canal, following heavy pressure from President Donald Trump. “US government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees, saving the US government millions of…

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson: need to look at the totality of the net effect of the Trump administration’s influence on policy goals happy to keep policy at the current level of restrictiveness until there is a better sense of the totality of impacts even if the…

Earlier on China: JP Morgan maintains view that US-China tariff war likely to escalate, all the way to 60% JP Morgan see a much weaker Chinese yuan due to Trump tariffs, PBoC to step in *** People’s Bank of China USD/CNY reference rate. The People’s Bank of China…

Bank of Japan more to come This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

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I haven’t seen anything on the BoJ website nor on the news wires from Board Member Tamura Naoki yet. Here’s a yen update while we wait: This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Australian Trade Balance (MoM) (Dec) 5,085mn expected 7,000mn, prior 6,792mn Imports (MoM) (Dec) +5.9% prior +1.4% surge in imports of capital equipment, oil products and consumption goods Exports (MoM) (Dec) +1.1% prior +4.2% gains in iron ore exports *** AUD down a few tics only: AUD is being…