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Trump Trouble: USD/JPY remains on the back foot

The fallout from Trump’s Muslim Ban continues. The new President of the US caused  chaos with a messy executive order over the weekend, banning entries to the US from 7 predominantly Muslim countries. These did not include ones that Trump has personal business interests in.

The latest development  is the firing of interim Attorney General Sally Yates. She  has  been temporarily holding the post until Trump’s nominee Jeff Sessions is confirmed. Yates refused to defend the ban in courts, saying it is unlawful.

The mess in US airports, US courts, and the international criticism has weighed on  stock markets. In the world of currencies, the haven Japanese yen  is the primary beneficiary. The Japanese currency regularly attracts money in times of trouble, even if the trouble is brewed in Japan.

In Japan, the Bank of Japan left the interest rate unchanged and did so also for the QE program. The current rate decision from Kuroda does not come as a surprise. They still aim for reaching the 2% inflation target at the end of the 2018 fiscal year. The lack of any boat-rocking from Japan means that the recent moves are US-related.

Here are the latest moves on the dollar/yen chart. Support awaits at 113, the round number that provided support last week. This is followed by 112.50, the low seen on  January 24th. Even lower,  11.40 is the final line before a round number of 110. On the upside,  114  looks  like a separator of ranges, followed by 115.30.

More:  USD/JPY: To Rise To 120-125 After N-Term Correction Into 110-115 – Deutsche Bank

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.