Every week, we are publishing the Experts Forecast Currencies Poll. A pool of selected traders and analysts gives us their targets for the major currencies for the week, month and quarter to come. They also indicate the whole trend in these periods.
The report includes a visual table for each pair, as well as the comments that the experts might have added to their analysis.
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| USDJPY | 1 Week | 1 Month | 1 Quarter | 1 Week | 1 Month | 1 Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levels | Trend | |||||||
| ©FXstreet.com | Fri, Dec 07 2012, 17:00 GMT | |||||||
| A. Narczewski | 82.70 | 81.00 | 80.00 | Sideways | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Alberto Muñoz,PhD | 83.15 | 84.20 | 85.90 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| BBVA Bancomer Team | - | 82.00 | - | - | Bearish | - | ||
| BoA FX, Rates and Commodities Team | - | 78.00 | 80.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| BTMU Global Markets Research | - | - | 79.00 | - | - | Bearish | ||
| Capital Economics Research Team | - | 75.00 | 73.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Claudiu Cazacu | 92.90 | 84.90 | 88.50 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Danske Research Team | - | - | 83.00 | - | - | Sideways | ||
| DBS Group Research | - | 78.00 | 78.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research | - | 80.00 | - | - | Bearish | - | ||
| Gonçalo Moreira, CMT | 81.00 | 79.00 | 80.00 | Bearish | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Gus Farrow | 81.80 | 84.20 | 81.50 | Bearish | Bullish | Bearish | ||
| HSBC Global Research Team | - | - | 79.26 | - | - | Bearish | ||
| ICN.com analysis team | 82.50 | 84.15 | 84.15 | Sideways | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Ilian Yotov | 81.00 | 84.00 | 84.00 | Bearish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| ING Global Economics Team | - | 82.00 | 82.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| J.P. Morgan Global FX Strategy | - | - | 79.00 | - | - | Bearish | ||
| Mauricio Carrillo | 83.00 | 84.00 | 85.00 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| NAB Global Markets Research | - | 86.00 | 84.00 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| National Bank of Canada Eco. & Strat. Team | - | 82.00 | 81.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Nomura FX Research & Strategy | 81.70 | - | - | Bearish | - | - | ||
| Rabobank Financial Markets Research Team | - | 78.50 | 78.50 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| RBC Economic Research Team | - | 77.00 | 75.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| RBS Team | - | 84.00 | 88.00 | - | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Richard C. Lee | 83.40 | 85.58 | 84.00 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Ross Yamashita | 83.00 | 80.00 | 84.00 | Bullish | Bearish | Bullish | ||
| Scotiabank FX Strategy Team | - | 80.00 | 82.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| TD Securities Research Team | - | 79.00 | 80.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| UBS FX Research Team | - | 80.00 | 85.00 | - | Bearish | Bullish | ||
| UniCredit Research | - | 79.00 | 82.00 | - | Bearish | Bearish | ||
| Valeria Bednarik | 83.35 | 84.20 | 86.00 | Bullish | Bullish | Bullish | ||
| Westpac Institutional Bank Team | - | 81.00 | - | - | Bearish | - | ||
| Yohay Elam | 83.00 | 83.00 | 84.00 | Bullish | Sideways | Bullish | ||
| Average | 83.27 | 81.42 | 81.92 | Bullish | Bearish | Bearish | ||
Opinion polls favoring a victory for the LDP could weigh on the yen, while Ben could balance.
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It would not be surprising to see the USD supported against the JPY ahead of the Japanese election on Dec. 16 and the Bank of Japan meeting on Dec. 19-20 on expectations of more QE by the Japanese central bank.