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Today’s Asian session sees an unusual quietness across the region, with major markets closed for holidays, leading to limited movement among major currency pairs and crosses. New Zealand Dollar is having a slight downtick following RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr’s appearance before a parliamentary committee, where he left market participants parsing for clues on future rate […]

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