US House will not attempt more votes

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - According to the Washington Post, the US House will not attempt more votes tonight, which means we are just 1 hour and some minutes away from a US government shutdown, the first in 17 years.

Oct 1, 2013

EUR/JPY extends rally to print 133.50 session records

EUR/JPY rallied to 133.50 session highs to retrace minimally. Approaching a full-recovery from last week’s losses, the pair holds on to monthly gains.

USD/JPY wipes out gains; hits 98.17 lows

USD/JPY wiped out daily gains after the apparently imminent US government shutdown on political dynamics to fall to 98.21 lows after being held up around the 98.40 by hopeful bulls that failed to perform.