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USD/JPY holds losses after Fed decision

  • The Fed left interest rates unchanged at 5.25%-5.5% as expected.
  • The statement acknowledged a stagnation of progress on inflation and the need for more confidence to start cutting.
  • The bank seemed to have embraced the idea of less than three cuts in 2024.

The USD/JPY trades at 157.42 holding daily losses on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) decision to hold rates at 5.25%-5.5%.

In the statement, the Federal Reserve has acknowledged that there has been no significant progress in the battle against inflation recently, noting a "lack of further progress toward the 2% inflation goal in recent months." This observation formed the core of their hawkish stance, which was anticipated by markets. Despite this, the Fed decided to slow down the pace of Quantitative Tightening, a move that was expected. They now view the risks to inflation as more balanced, leading to a unanimous vote among the members.

As for now, the odds of cuts in June and July remain low, while those probabilities still remain far to be priced in for the September meeting. Markets are starting to place bets on only one cut in 2024, which would come in November. Powell’s presser will be key for markets to get additional guidance.

USD/JPY technical analysis

On the daily chart, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) for USD/JPY illustrates a downward motion from overbought territory, indicating a potential bearish reversal. The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) histogram also suggests a possible bearish momentum as it prints flat green bars, reflecting a slowing of the upward momentum.

When analyzing on a wider spectrum, the USD/JPY sits comfortably above the 20-day Simple Moving Average (SMA), signaling a potential short-term upward momentum. In addition, as it also holds above the 100 and 200-day SMAs, the longer-term trend also remains bullish.

USD/JPY daily chart

USD/JPY

Overview
Today last price 157.65
Today Daily Change -0.15
Today Daily Change % -0.10
Today daily open 157.8
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 154.19
Daily SMA50 151.73
Daily SMA100 148.86
Daily SMA200 148.22
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 157.85
Previous Daily Low 156.06
Previous Weekly High 158.44
Previous Weekly Low 154.46
Previous Monthly High 160.32
Previous Monthly Low 150.81
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 157.17
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 156.74
Daily Pivot Point S1 156.63
Daily Pivot Point S2 155.45
Daily Pivot Point S3 154.84
Daily Pivot Point R1 158.41
Daily Pivot Point R2 159.03
Daily Pivot Point R3 160.2

 

 

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