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The yen has reached the top of the G10........>

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FOREX: The yen has reached the top of the G10 pile, with broader risk-off flows
fuelled by a WSJ interview with U.S. Pres Trump, who put chances of a
bi-partisan deal to avert another gov't shutdown in 3 weeks at 50/50. The Nikkei
225 opened on the back foot and registered further losses, last trading ~0.6%
lower. 
- USD has underperformed, DXY has dropped 5 pips thus far. CAD has also
struggled somewhat, as WTI has moved ~$0.40 lower. 
- GBP has traded mixed, after the Sun reported that PM May "has privately told
Cabinet mins that she will not take the UK out of the EU without a deal," but
"she is not yet prepared to rule out no deal in public because it would remove a
key bargaining chip in negotiations with the EU." 
- Worth mentioning the G10 crosses have stuck to relatively tight ranges in
today's data-light Asia-Pac session, with Australia out on holiday. 
- Today's economic docket is incredibly thin in terms of data releases, but
central bank rhetoric will be provided by ECB's Draghi, Nowotny & de Cos, BoE's
Carney, Broadbent & Ramsden, as well as Riksbank's Jochnick.

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