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JPY Mid-day Analysis
Overnight events haven’t provided the Yen a noted increase in safe haven interest to start the new tradingweek. The Yen might have seen some support from BOJ comments overnight that
The Week Ahead in FX
In the coming week, investors will be looking ahead to U.S. data from the housing sector, as well as reports on consumer confidence and durable goods.
JPY Mid-day Analysis
The ranges in the yen this week have been unusually narrow and that highlights a mostly stabile to positiveJapanese economic condition,
JPY Mid-day Analysis
The Yen remains in a negative track on the charts despite initial noted weakness in US equities andresidual uncertainty flowing from China.
JPY Mid-day Analysis
With the BOJ overnight suggesting that US tapering is a good thing for the world economy, Japan posting a27% increase in exports to China in the month of February and
JPY Mid-day Analysis
A series of lower highs suggests a lack of upside momentum. News of the 1st rise in big city real estatevalues in over 2 decades in Japan, might suggest the long held deflationary cycle is starting to lift,
JPY Mid-day Analysis
The Yen has failed to claw out a higher high for the move despite the events in the Crimea. With higheraction in the Shanghai Composite overnight, it would also seem like anxiety toward the Chinese economy ismoderating.
Markets Viewpoint: Crimean referendum – discounted by markets but nervousness remains
The Crimean referendum delivered the expected result: A Yes to join Russia. Financial markets had already prepared themselves for this outcome during last week.
BOJ Kuroda: No Need To See All Data Before Acting
Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said the BOJ’s board does not need to see all the economic indicators in order to decide whether the path toward stable 2% inflation is threatened and requires more monetary easing.
The Week Ahead in FX
In the week ahead, investors will be looking ahead to Wednesday’s monetary policy announcement by the Federal Reserve. The bank is also to publish its economic forecasts.
Weekly CFTC Trader Positioning Data
Sentiment shifts this week largely reflect the impact of investors’reactions to recent central bank & policy-related developmentsgiven that currencies had remained relatively quiet headinginto Tuesday’s position date.
JPY Mid-day Analysis
Reports that some traders might have unwound long Nikkei/short Yen plays probably fueled the range upextension in the Yen yesterday.