It looks like Friday book squaring spurred by some profit taking in stocks…. so watch equities to see if there is a correlation.. also bond yields ticking up may be a factor
I posted 2 charts at the start of the week a an alert that something might be brewing in JPY crosses after USDJPY failed to hold the break below 140.
The two charts were GBPJPY and EURJPY, the former turning out to become the strongest move.
Whether it was some fund manager dipping his/her toes into a carry trade or just the move up in JPY exhausting itself, or a hidden hand stemming the tide below 140, you can see what has happened since.
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As for USDJPY, it would probably need to move above 145 to suggest anything more than a retracement.
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan
After a roaring Thursday that saw Wall Street stocks lap up deep Federal Reserve easing into a still-healthy economy, there’s a modest step back today and an eye on other central banks choosing to stand pat for now.
Going in different directions to each other policy-wise, central banks in Japan and China choose to hold the line on their interest rates on Friday – the latter slightly surprisingly given the alarming deceleration of its economy.
With the ECB taking a data dependent approach and Fed Chair Powell indicating something similar following the 50bps rate hike, it pays to take a look at what it means for a central bank to be data dependent.