Japan PM Kishida says wants to impose quasi-state of emergency on some regions from 21 Jan to 13 Feb 0 (0)

And will likely cover its neighbouring prefectures as well. Expect an announcement to come some time this week, with reports citing that it could be imminent on Wednesday. From earlier this week:More virus restrictions set to come in JapanMore on Tokyo to enter a ‚quasi‘ state of emergency

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Germany January ZEW survey current conditions -10.2 vs -7.5 expected 0 (0)

Prior -7.4
Outlook 51.7 vs 32.7 expected
Prior 29.9

The current conditions reading slumped to start the new year but the key takeaway for me is the sharp jump in the outlook reading. That reveals that investors are more upbeat about overall conditions in the months ahead, with ZEW not

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Dollar, yen firms as risk aversion starts to kick in 0 (0)

Of note, USD/JPY has erased its earlier advance from around 114.80 to 114.58 currently.

Elsewhere, we are seeing the dollar firm slightly against the commodity currencies in particular with USD/CAD moving up from 1.2500 to 1.2520 levels. Meanwhile, AUD/USD is down 0.3% to 0.7187 and NZD/USD down

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