Aso adds that the sales tax hike will go ahead as planned

(plan is for it go up in October)

We just had the CPI data from Japan, inflation remains subdued (d'uh):

Yen is doing very little, USD/JPY in a tiny range so far, but the day is young!

Its not just yen, quiet across the barod pretty much, GBOP is a mover though, its up a stonking 100+ points since its US lows, only a little of during the early Asia trade though:

Plenty of Brexit about, small extension agreed to by the EU … summary of posts here

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