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Share: The pair stands rose nearly to 150.00 after four consecutive days of losses. USD/JPY surrendered earlier gains after the BOJ’s Monetary Policy Statement reaffirmed its ultra-loose policy. Core PCE from the US retreated to 4.1% YoY in June, fueling a decrease in US yields. At the time of writing, the USD/JPY pair is
Share: The two-day BOJ meeting concluded with an unexpected adjustment to the Yield Curve Control. Germany’s Inflation data came in line with expectations of 6.5% but lower than the previous 6.6%, and Q2 GDP data disappointed. Ueda’s dovish tone weights on the Yen. At the time of writing, the EUR/JPY pair is trading
Article by IG Chief Market Analyst Chris Beauchamp DAX, Dow Jones, Nikkei Analysis and Charts Dax surges to new intraday high The index was given fresh strength by a dovish ECB meeting yesterday. European indices enjoyed a solid session, which may well have given them the strength to move higher over the medium term. It
Share: At the highly-anticipated July policy review meeting, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) board members decided to leave their current monetary policy settings unchanged, maintaining rates and 10yr JGB yield target at -10bps and 0.00% respectively. Summary of the statement BoJ maintains band around 10-year JGB yield target at up and down 0.5% each. BoJ makes decision on
USD/JPY had a sharp fall in very early Asia, dropping from circa 139.50 to lows under 138.90. The swings didn’t finish there, with lows for the session (as I write) under 138.75 before a move back up to above 139.50. Speculation swirled of a Bank of Japan ‘tweak’ to its yield curve control program. Yen
US Dollar (DXY) Analysis USD barely budges after the FOMC announcement as traders require more convincing around another rate hike. Dollar weakness seen this morning ahead of ECB Large speculators, hedge funds positioning suggests greater USD pessimism Major risk events: US Q2 GDP and PCE inflation data The analysis in this article makes use of
Euro Analysis (EUR/USD, EUR/JPY) Recommended by Richard Snow Get Your Free EUR Forecast FOMC to Hike by 25-bps in July but Where Will Rates Peak? The FOMC concludes its two-day meeting with the monetary policy statement at 19:00 UK time today. A string of encouraging inflation prints have allowed markets to entertain the possibility that
© Reuters. Investing.com – The U.S. dollar edged lower Tuesday, but remained near a two-week high as traders awaited a widely expected interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve later in the session. At 02:55 ET (06:55 GMT), the , which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.1% lower at
