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Japanese Yen found modest strength in Asian session today, lifted by stronger than expected consumer inflation data from Japan. At the same time, two-year yield climbed to its highest point since 2011 while Nikkei is steady. The data intensified speculations around BoJ’s move to abandon its negative interest rate policy. Almost all economists are expecting […]

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