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Fed's Williams optimistic on labor market/inflation

FXStreet (Bali) - Comments from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams has just crossed the wires in the last few minutes, noting that the labor market slack should dissipate and inflation to rise.

Other comments included: "Forecasts eco growth at about 3% in 2014 and 2015.
Housing is becoming ‘tailwind’ for growth. Policy ‘needs to remain highly accommodative’. Inflation may accelerate faster than forecast. Favors ‘qualitative guidance’ for interest-rate path. Fed will need to modify interest-rate guidance. Recovery ‘shifted to a healthy, stronger path’"

USD/JPY resisting downward pressures

USD/JPY was ticking up attempting to break out of the 5 minute resistance post data flows and ahead of the Tokyo official and Nikki open.
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China HSBC next: Impact on AUD/USD

Ahead of the China's HSBC PMI, the AUD/USD is trading with a heavy tone, barely holding above the 0.8990/0.90 area. Expectations are for a 49.40 readings, however, the forecast has proven quite accurate in recent releases, thus why should take the number with a grain of salt.
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