The US dollar declined on Friday, along with US Treasury yields, while investors looked ahead to next week’s Federal Reserve meeting for more clarity on the outlook for rate hikes.US Treasury yields fell as stock market declines reflected poor risk appetite, while concerns about potential conflict in Ukraine drove demand …
Read More »GBP/JPY Slumps Back, Weak UK Data Hit sterling, Lower Yields Help Yen
The GBP/JPY pair fell sharply on Friday and heavy downside in the global equity market and commodity space weighed on more risk-sensitive currencies such as sterling, while a sharp drop in global bond yields on safe-haven demand boosted the rate-sensitive yen.Much worse than expected UK Retail Sales figures for December …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Confirms The Breach 21/1/2022
GBP/JPY declined noticeably yesterday after it failed to maintain trading above the 155.50 support level, explaining that the decline below the mentioned level puts the price under negative pressure to target 155.10 and 154.70, to record the pair’s lowest level at 154.45. On the technical side, there may be a …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Based on Support 20/1/2022
Mixed trading dominated the pound’s movements against the Japanese yen to witness within a bullish path after it managed to settle above the 155.50 support level. Today, we tend to the positivity, but with caution, relying on the price stability above 155.50 accompanied by positive signs that started appearing on …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Breaks Support 19/1/2022
Negative trading has regained control over the movements of GBP/JPY after it failed to maintain trading above the 155.90 support level, which forced the pair to trade with clear negativity during the early trading of the current session. On the technical side today, we notice the negative pressure coming from …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Tends to Positive 18/1/2022
Mixed trading dominated the movements of GBP/JPY, and trading is still limited between 155.90 and 156.90. On the technical side, the current moves are witnessing intraday stability above the 156.10 support level, accompanied by the attempts of the 50-day moving average to push the price to the upside. We may …
Read More »BoJ Preview: Eight Major Banks Speculating On Price Risks
The Bank of Japan will announce its policy decision on Tuesday, January 18. The central bank is unanimously expected to keep its policy settings at the conclusion of its two-day meeting and as it gets closer to the release time, here are the expectations forecast by the economists and researchers …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Facing Negative Pressure 14/1/2022
The Pound against the Japanese Yen succeeded in achieving the idea of retesting the support published during the previous analysis, surpassing the target to be achieved at 156.60, to record its lowest level around the psychological support level 156.00. Technically, the current movements are witnessing a bullish tendency due to …
Read More »GBP/JPY: Looking For Momentum 13/1/2022
Positive trades dominated the pound’s movements against its Japanese counterpart. However, it hit a strong resistance level around 157.70, which forced it to trade with negativity that is still limited so far. On the technical side, today, and carefully looking at the 60-minute chart, we notice that the 50-day moving …
Read More »Tokyo Hitting Second Highest COVID-19 Alert Level
Japan’s worsening coronavirus conditions push policymakers towards harsh activity controls. The Asian major reported the highest daily COVID-19 cases in four months on Wednesday which in turn hints at the return of the second-higher coronavirus alert level in Tokyo.The nationwide tally stood at 13,244, with Tokyo accounting for 2,198 of …
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