USD/JPY climbed to 159.36 mid-week, with the Japanese yen losing ground for a second consecutive day. The market is pricing in the Bank of Japan's policy outlook ahead of next week's meeting.
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The pair managed again to hit another correction while still facing the support zone of 157.25-65, which could hold prices inside this trading zone toward resistances 160.20 or 161.95. Above 161.95 the market could enter a new uptrend wave with first target toward 163.80.
The pound is edging higher into the week versus the US dollar as investors digest the latest UK jobs data. It's worth keeping in mind that these figures are from before the start of the recent conflict.
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The pair managed again to hit another correction while still facing the support zone of 157.25-65, which could hold prices inside this trading zone toward resistances 160.20 or 161.95. Above 161.95 the market could enter a new uptrend wave with first target toward 163.80.
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Lower energy prices and the ongoing threat of intervention from the Bank of Japan ensured USD/JPY remained capped beneath recent highs last week. But against the major crosses it was a different story, with diminishing probability of a rate hike from the BoJ later this month seeing the yen weaken to fresh lows against the euro, pound and Aussie.