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Monday Night Massacre, Lots of Released Data, and a BOJ Meeting
January 31, 2017
President Trump sacked Acting Attorney General Sally Yates late last night, who had refused to enforce his selective immigration ban, and replaced her with Dana Boente. The firing stirred recollections of Nixon firing of Eliot Richardson and Bill Ruckelshaus when they wouldn’t fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox in October 1973. In other U.S. political […] More
Yen Climbs Further Even as Japanese Golden Week Holidays Begin
April 29, 2016
The yen touched an 18-month high of 106.9 per dollar and is up 0.9% on balance from Thursday’s close. The trade-weighted dollar is close to a one-year low. Japanese markets were closed for Showa Day. Next week’s continuing Golden Week holidays are Constitution Day (May 3), Greenery Day (May 4) and Children’s Day (May 5). […] More
