© Reuters. Investing.com– Most Asian currencies moved little on Monday, while the dollar steadied as traders hunkered down before a string of central bank meetings this week, most notably the Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan. Persistent concerns over the Israel-Hamas war remained in play, as Israel launched a large-scale ground assault on Gaza. But
Share: GBP/JPY sticks to modest intraday gains near the multi-week top touched earlier this Thursday. The BoJ’s dovish stance, a positive risk tone continues to undermine the JPY and lend support. Traders now look to the UK macro data before positioning for any further appreciating move. The GBP/JPY cross now seems to have
Last Friday, the NFP report massively beat forecasts with 336K jobs added against 170K expected. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.8% and average hourly earnings were a touch lower. Overall, the market viewed it as a good release with the soft-landing narrative prevailing. Over the weekend, Hamas launched a big attack against Israel which
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Investing.com– Most Asian currencies moved little on Wednesday, while the dollar steadied below six-month highs as investors hunkered down before key U.S. inflation data that is expected to offer more cues on monetary policy. Most regional units were nursing steep overnight losses as markets remained largely risk-averse, while the dollar saw renewed strength in anticipation
© Reuters. Investing.com– Most Asian currencies rose on Monday, recovering a measure of recent losses as the dollar fell sharply from a near six-month peak, while the Japanese yen surged as Bank of Japan head Kazuo Ueda flagged a potential pivot away from negative interest rates. Positive inflation data from China also aided broader sentiment,
Last week, the Fed hiked interest rates by 25 bps bringing the FFR to 5.25-5.50% as widely expected. The policy statement was left unchanged, so the market couldn’t get any signal for the next moves. In fact, the focus was not on the decision itself, but on the forward guidance. Fed Chair Powell in his