US media reports that President Trump has decided to fire US National Security Adviser McMaster fired were seized upon, USD/JPY taken down:
Denial of the report has seen little retrace (so far at least). Given the turmoil in the White House its hardly surprising the market is prepared to quickly jump on reports of more chaos and to treat statement from there as b/s.
Hope y'all made some tics!
Other news earlier supportive of the yen:
- More to come on the Japan scandal today ... Japan press says Abe knew
- CNN reports: North Korea nuclear reactors show new signs of activity
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The McMaster news:
- Reports US National Security Adviser McMaster fired
- Was it fake? reports now Trump has not decided on McMaster removal
And, we had the heads up of movement on McMaster 23 hours ago