The first half of today's Asia-Pacific........>

FOREX: The first half of today's Asia-Pacific session was rather quiet and saw

NZD outperform its G10 peers, in the wake of its yesterday's post-RBNZ rally.

AUD has lagged its Antipodean cousin, with AUD/NZD continuing to hover in the

low NZ$1.04 area. 

- JPY G10 crosses have stuck to tight ranges after the release of Japanese GDP

growth figures, with the headline measure meeting the MNI consensus of +0.3% Q/Q

(for our 5 Things piece see MNI Main Wire at 00:00 GMT 02/14). Japanese equities

have gyrated around the opening levels. 

- CAD has underperformed, albeit by very narrow margins, with WTI trading flat. 

- Focus today turns to German & EZ GDP releases, as well as initial jobless

claims & retail sales from the U.S. Elsewhere, BoE's Vlieghe, Fed's Harker,

Norges Bank Gov. Olsen, as well as Riksbank's Ingves & Skingsley are due to

speak.