The USD/JPY bounced off the resistance zone at 142.05/142.28 on Wednesday morning and declined to the 141.00 level. During the decline, the pair shortly found support in the 50-hour simple moving average. However, after finding support at 141.00, the rate's follow up recovery encountered resistance in the 50-hour simple moving average and the weekly R1 simple pivot point at 141.43. Economic
The USD/JPY has revealed a resistance zone at 142.05/142.28. By the middle of Tuesday's trading, the pair had declined and appeared to be finding support in the weekly R1 simple pivot point at 141.53 and the 141.50 level. Economic Calendar On Wednesday, at 13:30 GMT, the financial markets might react to the US Durable Goods Orders and Unemployment Claims publication. Later on, at
On Monday, an all out US Dollar's surge occurred. On the USD/JPY chart it resulted in a surge to the 142.00 level, which acted as resistance. Economic Calendar On Wednesday, at 13:30 GMT, the financial markets might react to the US Durable Goods Orders and Unemployment Claims publication. Later on, at 14:45 GMT, the Markit Services and Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indices for the
On Thursday morning, the USD/JPY rate was reached by the additional resistance of the 100-hour simple moving average near 139.60. Economic Calendar Next week, the Euro's value might adjust to the Wednesday's publication of the European Services and Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Indices in the span from 08:15 up to 09:00 GMT. On Wednesday, at 13:30 GMT, the financial markets might react to the
This week, the USD/JPY currency pair has been mostly located below the 140.00 mark, as on Tuesday the pair even shortly traded below 138.00. Economic Calendar This week, the US Retail Sales data release might impact the financial markets through the value of the US Dollar. The data is scheduled to be published on Wednesday at 13:30 GMT. Hourly Chart A resumption of
The initial announcement of the US Federal Reserve rate hike caused a decline of the USD/JPY to the late October low level zone at 145.13/145.67, which acted as support. Afterwards, explanations about policy that were given by the head of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, caused a surge of the pair. Economic Calendar On Thursday, the Bank of England is
Despite the massive depreciation of the Japanese Yen and currency interventions done by the Bank of Japan, the central bank has recently announced that it would stick to its monetary easing policy. The central bank has kept its short term interest rate target at -0.1% and pledged to keep the 10-year bond yield near 0.0%. Moreover, the policymakers stated that
The USD/JPY currency pair reached the support of the weekly S1 simple pivot point on Thursday morning at 145.19. Meanwhile, it was spotted that the recent decline of the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen was guided by a trend line, which connects the pair's this week's high levels. Economic Calendar On Friday, the US Core PCE Price Index is scheduled to
In the aftermath of another intervention, the USD/JPY pair appears to be steadily declining. Namely, this week the US Dollar is experiencing a broad decline due to the markets expecting the US Federal Reserve to change its policy to be less restrictive. Economic Calendar On Thursday, the Euro will react to the European Central Bank's announcement of the Main Refinancing Rate and
The USD/JPY currency pair was testing the resistance of the 152.00 level, as it once again suddenly plummeted. The USD/JPY suddenly dropped on Friday evening and at the open of Monday's trading, as fundamental news had spread over the weekend. Economic Calendar On Monday, look out for the Markit Services and Manufacturing sector Purchasing managers Indices. The European release is set to
The USD/JPY step by step approached the 150.50 level, which was reached and acted as resistance for two hours. Afterwards, the rate surged sharply and easily reached above the 151.00 mark. By the middle of the day's European trading, the rate had reached above 151.30. At the moment of writing, the rate appeared to be unstoppable. Economic Calendar On Monday, look out
On Thursday morning, the USD/JPY currency pair shortly reached above the 150.00 mark and the weekly R2 simple pivot point at 149.98. The 150.00 mark is a major benchmark for the pair and most financial news outlets are reporting on the event. Economic Calendar This week, there is only one notable scheduled event, which could impact the US Dollar and the financial
Due to an unknown reason on Tuesday, the USD/JPY pair dipped down to 148.15. It could be possible that the Bank of Japan made another attempt to intervene in the forex market. However, an hour later the rate was back above 149.00. On Wednesday, the surge continued, as by mid-day the rate was at 149.75. Economic Calendar This week, there is only
The USD/JPY has reached not only above the 148.85 level, but also the 149.00 mark. Economic Calendar This week, there is only one notable scheduled event, which could impact the US Dollar and the financial markets. On Thursday, a minor move could occur due to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Manufacturing Index release at 12:30 GMT. Hourly Chart On Tuesday morning, the pair
On Friday, the surge of the USD/JPY currency pair almost reached the 149.00 mark. However, resistance was encountered at 148.85. Since the event, the pair has been consolidating in the range between 148.40 and 148.85. Economic Calendar This week, there is only one notable scheduled event, which could impact the US Dollar and the financial markets. On Thursday, a minor move could
The high volatility of the US Consumer Price Index found support in the combination of the 146.50 level and the 50-hour simple moving average. Afterwards, the 147.00 mark turned into support and by the middle of Friday's trading, the pair had reached above 147.70. Namely, the pair traded above the 1998 high level of 147.60. Economic Calendar On Friday, at 12:30 GMT,
First of all, the surge of the USD/JPY has respected the upper trend line of the channel up pattern. However, the trend line might have been strengthened by the 147.00 level. Since the event, the rate retraced to the combined support of the weekly R2 simple pivot point at 146.64 and the 146.65 level. Up to mid-Thursday, the rate was
The USD/JPY trades above the levels, where the Bank of Japan intervened with a 20 billion USD purchase of the Japanese Yen. The central bank appears to have failed at its attempt to stop the rate from reaching new highs. On Wednesday morning, the currency rate was clearly heading to the 146.50 level. In the meantime, it has been spotted that
On Tuesday morning, the USD/JPY currency pair reached the 145.85/145.90 zone, which is where the Bank of Japan intervened and beat the currency rate down. The zone acted as resistance and the pair retraced to the support of the 50-hour simple moving average near 145.50. Economic Calendar This week, the markets are looking forward for the monthly United States inflation and retail
On Monday morning, the USD/JPY reached above the 145.00 mark and the last week's high level zone at 145.20/145.30 turned into support. Economic Calendar This week, the markets are looking forward for the monthly United States inflation and retail sales data. In addition, on Wednesday, the FOMC Meeting Minutes might impact the markets. On Wednesday, at 12:30 GMT, the US Producers Price Index
The recovery of the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen appears to have encountered resistance in the 144.80 level. After the encounter, the pair retraced and found support near 144.40. In the meantime, it appeared that the 50 and 200-hour simple moving averages had resumed to have an impact on the pair. Economic Calendar Above all, on Friday, the US Average Hourly
The USD/JPY extended its decline on Tuesday and by midnight to Wednesday the pair almost reached the 143.50 level, before a recovery started. By the middle of Wednesday's trading, the pair had reached the combined resistance of the 144.50 level and the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages, which appeared to have resumed to have an impact. Economic Calendar On Wednesday, the
During the second part of Monday's trading, the USD/JPY declined below the 145.00 mark. The decline was caused by the below expectation results of the US Manufacturing PMI results at 14:00 GMT. Namely, a fundamental adjustment of the USD value occurred and pushed the USD/JPY rate as low as 144.15. However, a recovery has followed the event. Economic Calendar This week, the
On Monday morning, the USD/JPY finally ended trading sideways. The sideways trading ended with the rate breaking the resistance of the 144.70/145.00 zone. The rate shortly tested the weekly R1 simple pivot point at 145.34, before retreating to the combined support of the 50 and 100-hour simple moving averages and the 144.70 level. Economic Calendar This week, the rate is expected to