Category: USDJPY

Fundamental / Economic Backdrop (short term) USD/JPY remains driven primarily by interest-rate differentials, central-bank policy expectations, and global risk sentiment. Japanese Yen (JPY): Markets continue to price in the risk of further policy normalization by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) following the multi-year exit fr…

Fundamental / Economic Backdrop (short term) USDJPY continues to be driven by monetary-policy divergence dynamics, shifting yield differentials, and short-term risk sentiment. Key Fundamental Drivers Federal Reserve (USD Side)Markets remain highly sensitive to incoming US macro data and Fed communications. Expectations continue to oscill…

Fundamental / Economic Backdrop (short term) Current USD/JPY behaviour reflects a combination of U.S. rate expectations, Japanese monetary-policy repricing, and global risk appetite: Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy expectations continue to shift toward the possibility of additional tightening or a further reduction in accommodation. Any increa…

Fundamental / Economic Backdrop (short-term) The biggest near-term shift for the Yen: Bank of Japan (BoJ) has recently signalled a rate-hike in December is now plausible. That raises expectations of higher Japanese yields, which supports the yen. Reuters+2Financial Times+2 Meanwhile, in the U.S., markets are increasingly pricing possi…

Fundamental / Economic Backdrop (near-term) The ongoing divergence between U.S. and Japanese monetary conditions remains a core driver for USD/JPY — U.S. dollar strength (via higher U.S. yields / rate differentials) continues to lend support to USD against the Yen. XTB.com+2Fusion Markets | Low Cost Forex Broker+2 But that picture i…