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Yen Gains Ahead Of Machine Orders Data

252 days ago

(RTTNews) - Japan is scheduled to release August figures for core machine orders data in early Asian trading on Thursday. Machine orders are expected to fall 2.3 percent on month and 4.6 percent on year after rising 4.6 percent on month and 1.7 percent on year in July.

Ahead of the report, the yen edged up against major currencies and as of now worth 83.10 against the franc, 79.08 versus the dollar, 124.98 against the pound and 100.38 versus the euro.

Japan also will see September results for bank lending, office vacancies and consumer confidence.

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