More Printing Looms In Japan - Abe Threatens To Change BoJ Lawt; More Printing Looms In US - Fiscal Cliff Talks Fail Again

``"Most people had made the assumption that the fiscal-cliff discussions would have been successful," said Robert Rennie, the chief currency strategist at Westpac Banking Corp. in Sydney. "Boehner's failure to get enough votes for the ‘Plan B' in the House certainly was a shock to the financial markets. If that story continues, it will continue to hit risk markets and support demand for the U.S. dollar."''