Fed chair Jerome Powell inspired a fresh round of Dollar selloff which his Jackson Hole speech, which carries on to today. Stronger than expected personal income and spending, as well as core inflation reading provide little support. Though, for now, the decline appears to be mainly centered against commodity currencies, in particular Aussie and Kiwi. Yen is following closely as the third strongest, rebounding on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's resignation. European majors are mixed for the moment,. Technically, 105.10 support in USD/JPY is now in focus with today's sharp reversal. Break will bring retest of 104.18 low. Both EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY are held above 124.31 and 138.24 support respectively, keeping near term outlook bullish despite today's retreats. AUD/JPY also dips back notably after this week's triangle break out. We'd maintain that 76.78 support in AUD/JPY is the first line of defense. The bull run is safe as long as this level holds. In Europe, currently, FTSE is up 0.01%. DAX is down -0.22%. CAC is up 0.05%. German 10-year yield is down -0.004 at -0.407. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei dropped -1.41%. Hong Kong HSI rose 0.56%. China Shanghai SSE rose 1.60%. Singapore Strait Times rose 0.79%. Japan 10-year JGB yield rose 0.015 to 0.059. |
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