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USD/JPY advances towards 137.00 amid firmer DXY and mixed Japan data

  • USD/JPY is inching higher to recapture its fresh 23-year high around 137.00.
  • The DXY has strengthened on the expectations of a prolonged higher rates scenario in the US.
  • Japan’s mixed Industrial production data has weakened yen further.

The USD/JPY pair is aiming to recapture its fresh 23-year high around 137.00 as the US dollar index (DXY) has strengthened on hawkish commentary from Federal Reserve (Fed) chair Jerome Powell. In his speech at European Central Bank's (ECB) annual Forum on Central Banking, Fed Chair Powell has continued dictating the Fed’s objective of bringing price stability to the US economy.

As per remarks from Fed Powell, the US economy is rock solid considering the overall demand and the tight labor market. This makes it efficient to bear the consequences of the rapid rate hike process. Accelerating price pressures have hit the real income of the households, however, the economy is strong enough to face the headwinds.

To contain the soaring price rise, the only measure is the announcement of interest rate hikes. However, the statement from Fed Powell that they don’t guarantee an inflation rate near 2% has spooked the market sentiment. This uncovers a prolonged upside for the US dollar index (DXY) as lower interest rates in the developed economy will be a bed-time story for the market participants. The DXY is advancing to reclaim its 19-year high at 105.79.

On the Tokyo front, mixed economic data has weakened the yen bulls further. The monthly Industrial Production figures have plunged to -7.2% vs. -0.3% estimated and the prior release of -1.5%. While the annual figure has improved to -2.8% from the consensus and the former release of -5.9% and -4.9% respectively.

USD/JPY

Overview
Today last price136.59
Today Daily Change0.00
Today Daily Change %0.00
Today daily open136.59
 
Trends
Daily SMA20134.28
Daily SMA50131.01
Daily SMA100125.32
Daily SMA200119.61
 
Levels
Previous Daily High137
Previous Daily Low135.77
Previous Weekly High136.72
Previous Weekly Low134.26
Previous Monthly High131.35
Previous Monthly Low126.36
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%136.53
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%136.24
Daily Pivot Point S1135.91
Daily Pivot Point S2135.22
Daily Pivot Point S3134.68
Daily Pivot Point R1137.14
Daily Pivot Point R2137.69
Daily Pivot Point R3138.37

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Sagar Dua

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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