A stronger US retail sales report yesterday helped keep the dollar in a good spot on the week. Meanwhile, the euro was shaky from the ECB policy decision as Lagarde failed to comfort the economy doomsayers. She continued to highlight data dependency but markets might not take too kindly to that if the data continues to worsen, putting the ECB behind...

JPY verbal intervention:Japan govmt says closely watching speculative FX movesYen intervention comments out of JapanChina:PBOC Governor says 7-day reverse repo rate will be lowered by 0.2%PBOC has officially ramped up support for the stock market, relending facility launchedChina National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) official says economic indicators...

China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) deputy chief comments:September economic indicators showed positive changesChina's foreign trade situation this year better than expectedFoundation for economic recovery not solid yetWill speed up implementation of a basket of policy measures The data from China today began with that showing ...

A spokesman for the Japanese government with verbal intervention to prop up the yen:Won't comment on FX levelsimportant for currencies to move in a stable manner reflecting fundamentalsclosely watching FX moves with a high sense of urgency, including speculative moves. 'Speculative' is code for they are not happy.These comments follow similar earlier...

The data is in the screen shot below.More:the unemployment rate in 31 cities was 5.1%January - September property investment was down 10.1% y/yJanuary - September infrastructure investment was +4.1%Offshore yuen is up a little after the data.All three of the major activity indicators were above expectations, with retail sales and industrial output above...

The data is below, but note that Q2 GDP was revised to +0.5% q/q instead of 0.7% This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.