Macro news and data flow was extremely light today. Yen crosses filled the vacuum, rising strongly.

USD/JPY surged through 152.00 to highs around 151.80 before topping for the session. We had no pertinent comments out of Japan aimed at curtailing yen losses.

The USD strengthened elsewhere, notably against CHF, AUD, NZD and CAD. While USD/CHF remains bid, the others have all retraced.

Fed's Daly spoke (see bullets above).

China’s pre-eminent ‘think tank’ the Party-backed Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) called for the issuing 2 trillion yuan in special government bonds. This would be help establish a stock market stabilization fund.

Chinese stocks positive for the session:

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USD/JPY surge:

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