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Mexico Holiday, Japanese Yen Rebounds Ahead of US CPI

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  • A little under 20 minutes until US inflation data for November. Consensus puts core CPI inflation at 0.3% M/M in November, reaccelerating after a surprise moderation to 0.23% M/M in October. Both the Bloomberg survey and the analysts covered below imply downside skew.
  • JPY is the firmest performer in G10 as markets roll off the USD/JPY top at yesterday's high of 146.59. The move in JPY looks largely idiosyncratic, as equities across the continent trade higher, and US futures point to a positive close on Wall Street. USD/JPY's fade off highs has reversed the entirety of the sources report-inspired rally early Monday, marking 144.78 as weak intraday support ahead of 144.52 and the 38.2% retracement of the post-Ueda move at 143.85.
  • Country Garden Holdings Co., the Chinese builder whose liquidity crunch shook the nation’s financial markets, is likely to avoid its first default on yuan bonds after most holders of a local note agreed not to demand repayment this week, people familiar with the matter said.

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