Yen pulls back as speculation of Dec poll cools
London
THE yen pulled back from a seven-year low against the US dollar on Wednesday, after comments from a Japanese government official cooled speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will call a December election.
British wage data and the Bank of England's (BOE) quarterly Inflation Report mean that the focus in Europe will be on the pound and the likely timing of a first British interest rate rise. Wage growth, due at 0930 GMT, is likely to be subdued while the BOE report could lower near-term inflation forecasts. That would suggest that…
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