The FX space experienced a fairly limited.....>

FOREX: The FX space experienced a fairly limited start to the final Asia-Pacific

session of the week.

- The general ebb and flow was dominated by a risk off feel in early dealing,

before equity supportive measures/rhetoric from the PBOC and Chinese regulators

alleviated some of the negative sentiment.

- The "soothing" rhetoric from Chinese policy makers allowed AUD, NZD & CAD to

experience some modest outperformance, with familiar levels of medium term

support and resistance still in play for the aforementioned currencies'

respective USD crosses.

- The JPY crosses edged higher, although they stuck to tight ranges, with no

reaction to the latest Japanese CPI data, which was virtually in line with exp.

- Meanwhile, there was no notable reaction to the marginal miss in headline

China Y/Y GDP.

- Focus Friday turns to UK PSNB figures, as well as Canadian CPI & retail sales.

Elsewhere BOJ's Kuroda, Fed's Bostic & Kaplan and BoE's Carney are all due to

speak.