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USD/JPY is brushing up against 99.00 and the S&P 500 is at the highs of the day, up 1.3%.The government is funded through January 15 and the debt limit raised until February 7. That’s a short timeline but it gives markets a chance to focus on something else for a month or two.Candidates:
- The health of the economy as data releases resume
- The potential for a taper
- Holiday shopping season
- Corporate earnings
- Emerging markets