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Abstract:The US Dollar ascendency got back on track against most currencies except the Japanese Yen after the Bank of Japan surprisingly tightened monetary policy today.
US Dollar, USD/JPY, Japanese Yen, BoJ, Nikkei 225, Crude Oil, Gold - Talking Points
The US Dollar has been underpinned by rising Treasury yields today
Time to throw out the playbook for the now hawkish Bank of Japan
Markets are reeling from todays tightening. Where to for USD?
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The US Dollar has been caught up the in the maelstrom ricocheting through markets in the aftermath of the Bank of Japans monetary policy tilt today.
The bank left its policy balance rate at -0.10%, but it adjusted its yield curve control (YCC) by targeting a band of +/- 0.50% around zero for Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) out to 10 years.
The YCC target was previously +/- 0.25% around zero. The BoJ now holds more than 50% of all outstanding JGBs. USD/JPY collapsed from 137.50 to below 134.00 in seconds. More can be read here.
Government bond yields in developed markets vaulted higher with the hawkish turn. The benchmark 10-year Treasury note leapt from below 3.60% to trade above 3.70% today.
The funding of many investments might now be re-assessed and it could have unexpected outcomes for many asset classes.
The BoJ was one of the last central banks globally to not be tightening rates in the face of accelerating price pressure. Japan get CPI data this Thursday.
The tightening of policy undermined equity markets with a sea of red across the APAC region. Japans Nikkei 225 was down over 3% at one stage before making a slight recovery.
Futures markets are indicating a tough day ahead for stocks across Europe and North America when their cash markets open.
In currency land, growth-linked currencies such as AUD, CAD, NOK and NZD have taken a beating. AUD/JPY made a high above 92.00 earlier in the day before the news and has since collapsed toward 88.00.
Crude oil has been less impacted with the WTI futures contract near US$ 75.50 bbl while the Brent contract is a touch below US$ 80 bbl. Gold is steady near US$ 1,785 at the time of writing.
Elsewhere, China left two of their monetary policy levers unchanged today with the 1- and 5-year loan prime rate (LPR) unchanged at 3.65% and 4.30% respectively.
The consequences of the BoJs actions appear likely to play out for some time.
The US will see some housing data, while Canada will get retail sales figures.
The full economic calendar can be viewed here.
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DXY (USD) INDEX TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
The DXY index is a US Dollar index that is weighted against EUR (57.6%), JPY (13.6%), GBP (11.9%), CAD (9.1%), SEK (4.2%) and CHF (3.6%).
The DXY index is slightly lower today due to a huge rally in the Japanese Yen. The US Dollar is higher against all other currencies in the index.
The June low at 103.42 held on a test last week and might provide support if tested again. The 260-day simple moving average (SMA) is slightly above there and may provide support, currently at 103.42.
Further down, support may lie at the May low of 101.30.
On the topside, resistance could be offered at the previous peaks of 105.82, 107.20 and 107.99.
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