US equities are off their lows, helping spark a modest (in current terms) rebound in EUR/JPY to the 148.15 area from 147.50-ish. Prices rebounded toward 148.50 before stalling.
One sign that risk aversion remains very high is talk that US investors continue to yank money out of emerging markets with dealers buying dollars steadily versus the currencies of the Asian, Eastern European and Latin American countries. Along the same lines, CNBC earlier reported large margin calls and fund redemptions flowing through the markets. The fund redemptions are a sign that the average Joe is getting fed up with their investments losing ground and they are finally capitulating. Those guys are usually the last to jump ship, so hopefully these flows are a sign that an end to the carnage is near.