Traders report very heavy offers in the 1.4560/90 area should EUR/USD reestablish its recent strength. Asian central banks were sellers earlier in the day as low as 1.4520.

EUR/JPY selling has been tied to EUR 7 bln in bond maturities in the euro zone, with some percentage of that being repatriated.

EUR/USD trades quietly at 1.4480 in the wake of the US trade figures.