Note that BoJ board member Nakamura is scheduled to speak in about 30mins at a conference. Nakamura sits as a more dovish member of the BoJ board, although note his term ends on June 30 this year.
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At the Tokyo lunch break, JGB futures are stronger, +44 compared to settlement levels, hovering just below session highs.
AUDUSD bounced on the generally stronger-than-expected March China activity data but it has reversed those gains to be down 0.1% as China/HK equities sell off. The pair is now at 0.6338 after a low of 0.6323 early in trading following the decline in the S&P. The USD index is 0.2% lower.