He’s not Helicopter Ben, he’s Captain Ben of the good ship QE2 and he just reiterated she is set to sail on November 3.
Commodities and commodity currencies are well bid (though AUD is pulling back after a push through parity).
EUR/USD absorbed very large offers at the 1.4120/25 level and triggered a 1.4150 arrier before pulling back.
The data at 12:30 is probably not so important no because Fed policy is set in stone.
