2015-09-17 00:00 Forex news from the European morning session 17 SeptemberNews: SNB leaves key interest rates on hold Swiss govt says economic growth will stay below average in 2016 SNB's Jordan says he has no exchange rate targets Swiss Franc is still overvalued says SNB's Jordan ECB says it's premature to assess impact of current events on inflationChina to ramp up infrastructure spending to meet growth target - Livesquawk China's Xi says economy resilient and has huge potential Italy's Visco says monetary policy responded quickly to European debt crisis EU's Moscovici says Greek haircut is not on the table BP official says oil price will drop and stay down for a long time BOJ's Kuroda expects Japan to continue moderate economic recovery Japan's Aso says business executives must divert corporate profits FOMC: Time for sense or more excuses?USDJPY option-related supply at 121.00 keeps a lid on rallies so far M&A news may weigh on EURUSD UAE has a "firm commitment" to USD peg Option expiries 10am NY cut today 17 Sept Data: August 2015 UK retail sales 0.2% vs 0.2% exp m/m July 2015 Eurozone construction output +1.0% v s-1.9% prior m/mGreece Q2 unemployment rate 24.6 vs 25.3% exp Nikkei 225 closes up +1.43 % at 18,432.27 It's understandably been a cautious session so far with all eyes firmly fixed on the FOMCMore to follow
