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USD/JPY slips back to 155.00 as Greenback weakens following soft US CPI inflation

USD/JPY easing back, US Dollar sees broad-market selling pressure.
US CPI inflation ticked lower, sparking rate cut hopes.
Japanese GDP in the barrel for early Thursday.

Joshua Gibson FXStreet

USD/JPY eased on Wednesday, backsliding into the 155.00 handle after the US Dollar (USD) eased across the board, shedding weight against all of its major currency peers. The Japanese Yen (JPY) is also finding a reprieve from broad-market selling pressure, recovering ground as the Greenback recedes.

US Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation ticked lower on Wednesday, with headline CPI inflation in April ticking down to 0.3% compared to the market’s forecast of a hold at 0.4%. Easing inflation pressures are sparking a rise in rate cut hopes as investors clamor for a rate trim from the Federal Reserve (Fed).

Up next is Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, slated for during Thursday’s early Pacific market session. Japan’s growth is forecast to contract in the first quarter, expected to print at -0.4% compared to the previous quarter’s 0.1%.

USD/JPY technical outlook

USD/JPY knocked sharply lower on Wednesday, tumbling from the week’s highs near 156.80 to trade at the 155.00 handle. Despite the near-term decline sparked by a relief rally in the Yen, USD/JPY is still trading on the high side of a recent swing low into 152.00 after the pair fell from multi-decade highs above 160.00.

USD/JPY is still trading firmly in bull country, holding chart paper north of the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at 148.44. The nearest technical support sits at the 50-day EMA at 153.28.

USD/JPY hourly chart

USD/JPY daily chart

USD/JPY

Overview
Today last price	155.02
Today Daily Change	-1.41
Today Daily Change %	-0.90
Today daily open	156.43

Trends
Daily SMA20	155.31
Daily SMA50	152.64
Daily SMA100	150.09
Daily SMA200	148.87

Levels
Previous Daily High	156.79
Previous Daily Low	156.16
Previous Weekly High	155.95
Previous Weekly Low	152.8
Previous Monthly High	160.32
Previous Monthly Low	150.81
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	156.55
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	156.4
Daily Pivot Point S1	156.13
Daily Pivot Point S2	155.83
Daily Pivot Point S3	155.51
Daily Pivot Point R1	156.76
Daily Pivot Point R2	157.09
Daily Pivot Point R3	157.38

Author

Joshua Gibson

FXStreet

Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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