It was a session empty of fresh news and data.

About the only thing we got was Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly speaking. Daly was in line with other Fed officials’ comments, saying inflation is getting closer to target and rate cuts are not too far off. She wasn’t specific on a timeline, unsurprisingly.

USD/JPY gained ground, grinding up above 158.60. We have had Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Hayashi with some verbal intervention, but with little effect.

Now it looks like we await the US retail sales data for June.

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