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Suga May Announce LDP Leadership Reshuffle Monday, Gov't Drafts Plan To Relax Curbs

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USD/JPY traded sideways on Thursday, with both sides of the pair struggling against their other G10 peers amid broader risk-on flows. The rate last operates at Y109.96, barely changed on the day.

  • Bulls need a clearance of Sep 1/Aug 13 highs of Y110.42/46 before targeting Aug 11/Jul 7 highs of Y110.80/82. Bears eye Aug 24 low of Y109.41 for initial support and a break here would expose Aug 16 low of Y109.11.
  • Yomiuri reported that PM Suga is planning to announce a reshuffle of LDP executives on Monday.
  • In a separate report, Yomiuri noted that Japan is drafting a plan to relax Covid-19 restrictions, possibly from Oct/Nov if vaccinations progress at a sufficient pace. The article noted that the government could restart its "Go To Travel" campaign.
  • Japan's final Jibun Bank Services & Composite PMIs are due today. Next week's highlights include earnings/spending data (Tuesday) as well as GDP, BoP current account balance & Eco Watchers Survey (Wednesday).

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