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."''