Since Wednesday, the recovery of the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen has stalled at the resistance of the 148.00 mark. Meanwhile, support is found in the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages and the 146.00 level. In general, the pair is waiting for more data or events that would reveal direction. Economic Calendar This week, on Tuesday, watch the publication of
The recovery of the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen has stalled at the resistance of the 148.00 mark. Meanwhile, support is found in the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages and the 146.00 level. In general, the pair is waiting for more data or events that would reveal direction. Economic Calendar There are no more notable events scheduled for this week
The major decline of the USD/JPY rate has paused at the 142.00 mark. This range has provided support for a recovery. By mid-Wednesday, the recovery was approaching the 148.50/148.90 range that was expected to act as resistance. Economic Calendar This week lacks notable events. The only event that could cause a market reaction is the publication of the weekly US Unemployment Claims
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has published the monthly employment data. Released data has shown a major increase in unemployment. The US Dollar index reacted to the news by sharply declining. Average Hourly Earnings were forecast to show a monthly increase of 0.3%. The actual income change is just 0.2%. Non-Farm Employment Change was expected to show a reading of
The rate hike done by the Bank of Japan pushed the USD/JPY down to the support of the 150.00 mark. However, the post event recovery was short-lived, as the central bankers revealed more tightening. As the information spread, the USD/JPY reached a new low level by shortly piercing the 149.00 level. By mid-Thursday, the rate was fluctuating around the 150.00 mark,
The recovery from the support of the 152.00 mark has encountered resistance. The 100-hour simple moving average is keeping the rate down. Meanwhile, the 153.00 level is acting as support. Economic Calendar On Tuesday, the combination of the US CB Consumer Confidence index and the JOLTS Job Openings might create a move of the USD that would impact the financial markets. On
The USD/JPY continued to decline and eventually reached the 152.00 mark. This level acted as support and has forced the rate to retrace back up to as high as the combined resistance of the 100-hour simple moving average and the resistance line that has guided the rate down since July 10. Meanwhile, note that the July support trend line was
The broader decline of the USD/JPY has resumed. The combination of the weekly simple pivot point, the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages and the declining resistance trend line held and a descent of the rate followed. By mid-Wednesday, the pair had reached below the 154.50 level. Meanwhile, the 155.00 mark acted as resistance. In the meantime, Dukascopy traders have
Last week, the USD/JPY rate reached the 155.50 level, which acted as support. The follow up recovery found resistance at 157.70/157.85. On Monday, the broader decline appeared to have resumed. Meanwhile, it was observed the rate continues to find support and faces resistance at round exchange rate levels. Economic Calendar On Wednesday, various exchange rates could react to the publication of
The USD/JPY broke out of the triangle pattern and started a surge that was eventually approaching the 162.00 level. As the pair approached the 162.00 mark, the US CPI release caused a major drop of the US Dollar. On the USD/JPY charts, the event resulted in a decline to the 157.30/157.40 range that has turned into support. Afterwards, an attempted recovery
The decline of the USD/JPY appears to have found support in the late June low level zone. Namely, the 160.25/160.30 range acted as support on Monday. However, by mid-day the rate had encountered resistance in a trend line that connects the pair's recent lower high levels. In general, the pair could get squeezed in. In the meantime, it was spotted
The surge of the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen had encountered resistance at the 162.00 mark and the rate was looking for support to resume the surge. Support appeared to be once again found in the 50-hour simple moving average near 161.50. However, then US fundamental data was published and the pair plummeted. In general, the Chairman of the
In general, the USD/JPY continues to surge higher, as a new high was reached on Monday. Meanwhile, by taking a broader look one can spot a support and a resistance lines that both have impacted the rate throughout June. Economic Calendar Monday's top event was the US ISM Manufacturing PMI release at 14:00 GMT. The markets are taking in the data
On Wednesday, an announcement by the government of Japan that the country's GDP will be reviewed cause a decline of the Japanese Yen. Namely, markets are speculating that the GDP will be reviewed to the downside. As a result, the USD/JPY broke the resistance of the 160.00 mark. Meanwhile, we have noted that more than 70% of our traders were
Despite the Bank of Japan official comments pushing the USD/JPY below 155.00, the rate has managed to recover. Moreover, on June 7 the surge was boosted by the release of the US monthly employment data. The event pushed the rate as high as 157.00. Economic Calendar There are a number of notable upcoming scheduled events to watch. On June 12 at
The Bank of Japan has made comments that it would closely monitor the Yen's impact on the economy. Since most market participants see the Yen as too weak and hurting the economy, the comments indicated that the BoJ might strengthen the currency. Due to this reason, the USD/JPY pair started a decline on Tuesday morning. By mid-day the rate had
The Institute for Supply Management has published the US Manufacturing sector Purchasing Managers Index. The index has come in below expectations. Markets expected the PMI to be at 49.8, but the actual reading is 48.7. USD/JPY reacted to the news by declining to the support zone at 156.00/156.25. By mid-day, the range had held and the declined appeared to be
In general, the pair is still near 157.00. However, a new hihg was booked at midnight to Wednesday at 157.40. In the meantime, during the morning hours of the day, the pair confimred that the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages are acting as support. Economic Calendar On Thursday, at 12:30 GMT the publication of the United States Preliminary GDP and
The pair has moved a bit higher by advancing above 156.00/156.30. Since Friday, the pair has been fluctuating around the 157.00 level, waiting for new fundamentals or approaching technical levels to push it higher. Economic Calendar This week, the markets will concentrate first on the US CB Consumer Confidence release on Tuesday at 14:00 GMT. A surprise in the consumer sentiment reading
As the US news passed, the USD/JPY started to recover. The inherent weakness of the Japanese Yen will continue to dominate the USD/JPY charts, despite USD weakness. Since Friday, the pair was testing the resistance of the 156.00/156.30 range. Meanwhile, support is provided by the 50, 100 and 200-hour simple moving averages. Economic Calendar This week, various Federal Reserve speakers are giving
US statisticians have published consumer price index and retail sales data sets. Both inflation and consumer shopping were expected to have increased. In general, the data showed that prices have risen less than expected. However, retail sales are unchanged. US Dollar reacted to the news by plummeting. It resulted in the USD/JPY dropping to the 154.50/154.80 zone. The zone acted as
Despite all actions done by the Bank of Japan, the USD/JPY rate has moved higher. This week, the rate was struggling to pass above the 155.95/156.30 range. This range has acted as both support and resistance during this year. Meanwhile, support as provided by the 50-hour simple moving average. In addition, the 100-hour SMA was catching up with the pair. Economic
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published the Non-farm Employment Change, Average Hourly Earnings and the Unemployment Rate. The data has been abysmal. The data reveals that the US economy is not doing well, as the Chairman of the Fed stated on Thursday. The economy is declining. A declining economy might need interest rate cuts. Non-farm Employment Change was forecast to
On May 1, US monetary policy makers, who decide upon the supply of the US Dollar, announced the Federal Funds Rate. The rate is used as a base rate for all USD denominated debt. The Fed has kept the interest rate unchanged at 5.50%, as the financial markets expected. In addition, the central bank has published the Federal Open Markets