Market updates on July 17
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A chance to trade the Japanese currency
The Bank of Japan will make its monetary policy statement and announce the interest rate on March 15. The bank won’t change its interest rate, but the comments by the bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda may shake the JPY. During the previous month, the BOJ governor threw hints on further monetary policy easing. This dovish outlook made the JPY suffer. Let’s see where the central bank will drive its currency.
• If the BOJ is hawkish, the JPY will move up;
• If the BOJ is dovish, the JPY will move down.
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Australia will publish the employment change and unemployment rate on July 18, at 4:30 MT time.
Pay attention to the inflation release for Canada
Canada awaits the release of monthly CPI on July 17, at 15:30 MT time.
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