- The Japanese Yen struggles to capitalize on the previous day's recovery against the US Dollar, from its lowest level since early August, amid doubts over when the Bank of Japan would raise interest rates again.
- A significant dovish shift in rhetoric from the BoJ Governor Kazuo Ueda and a surprising opposition to further rate hikes from Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba fueled uncertainty around the monetary policy.
- Government data showed this Wednesday that Japan's Core Machinery Orders fell for the second straight month, by 1.9% in August, missing estimates by a big margin and signaling deterioration in demand.
- Given that manufacturing represents about 15% of Japan’s workforce, weaker orders may affect the labor market, resulting in slower wage growth, reduced consumer spending and complicating BoJ's rate-hike plans.
- The US Dollar consolidates near its highest level since August 8 amid firming expectations for a less aggressive policy easing by the Federal Reserve and bets for a regular 25 basis points interest rate cut in November.
- San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly noted on Tuesday that the US central bank has made significant progress on tamping down inflation and sees one or two more rate cuts this year if economic forecasts are met.
- Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said that he doesn't see strong signs of a potential recession looming over the horizon as the US economy continues to perform well and that the inflation is heading back to 2%.
- The Biden administration has warned Israel that it faces possible punishment, including the potential stopping of US weapons transfers if it does not take immediate action to let more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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