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  • Tags: rally, euro, swine, flu, bid, tone
  • Another night of risk aversion has lifted the yen to a six week high against the euro and a four week high against the buck as WHO raised the alert status of the swine flu crisis from 3 to 4. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general for health security and environment noted that the increased threat level “signifies that we have taken a step closer to pandemic. It is also possible that as the situation evolves over the next few days we could move into Stage 5.”
  • Japan’s retail sales fell for a seventh consecutive month in March as weakening labor market prompted households to cut spending in a clear sign that Japan’s economy is seeing no evidence of a rebound in consumer demand. Sales declined by 3.9% earlier which was actually a bit better than the market consensus of a 4.7% drop, but despite the slightly better than forecast numbers, today’s retails sales data confirms the fact the world’s second largest economy remains mired in the worst economic slump in the post war era. Yesterday, the Japanese government forecast that the economy will shrink by 3.3% in 2009.
    Tags: swine, flu, yen, japans
  • The EUR/USD was lower by more than 100 points at the start of the week’s trade today, as fear of a spreading swine flu epidemic gripped global capital markets. Centered in Mexico, the swine flu outbreak has managed to kill more than 80 people, but the latest cases in US and Canada have not resulted in any further fatalities so far. Human to human infection of swine flu is spread through touch and sneezing and is treatable with antibiotics. Investors in Asia, still haunted by memories of SARS outbreak in 2003 were quick to react, selling high beta currencies while seeking refuge in the dollar and the yen.
  • The outbreak of swine flu triggered a wave of risk aversion in Asian currency trade today with the region especially concerned given its recent history with SARS virus. Health officials were on alert across the globe against the pandemic with Mexico acting as the epicenter of the disease while cases of the outbreak were confirmed in US and Canada.

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