EBC Daily Snapshot - 19 Sep 2023
2023-09-19
Summary:
The dollar held steady on Tuesday ahead of several central bank meetings this week. Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy kept the yen near a 10-month low.
EBC Forex Snapshot
19 Sep 2023
The dollar traded sideways on Tuesday as investors await a slew of central bank meetings this week. The yen hovered near a 10-month low due to Japan's ultra-loose monetary policy.
The BOJ will likely opt to overlook Forex Markets and bore investors again despite Kazuo Ueda’s latest remark that policy normalisation could get underway if inflation target is within reach.
The RBA considered a 25 bps interest rate hike before eventually deciding to adopt a wait-and-see approach, its September meeting minutes showed. But the Australian dollar was not impressed.
| Citi (as of 11 Sep) | HSBC (as of 19 Sep) | |||
| support | resistance | support | resistance | |
| EUR/USD | 1.0688 | 1.1091 | 1.0564 | 1.0880 |
| GBP/USD | 1.2448 | 1.2800 | 1.2251 | 1.2629 |
| USD/CHF | 0.8556 | 0.8945 | 0.8814 | 0.9053 |
| AUD/USD | 0.6365 | 0.6522 | 0.6352 | 0.6519 |
| USD/CAD | 1.3387 | 1.3705 | 1.3403 | 1.3630 |
| USD/JPY | 144.54 | 148.85 | 145.37 | 148.90 |
The green numbers in the table indicate an increase in data, the red numbers indicate a decrease in data, and the black numbers indicate that the data remains unchanged.
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The yen was trading around 156 on Monday
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