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USD/JPY: Political Risk & Equity Market In The Driver’s

Dollar/yen has moved on the ebb and flow of the political news from Washington. Things have been quite  volatile, to say the least. What’s next?

Here is their view, courtesy of eFXnews:

Credit Agricole CIB FX Strategy Research notes that the rising uncertainty about the Trump Administration is triggering risk-off moves in the markets.

In that regard, CACIB expects that over the coming days price action is likely to remain driven by political headlines especially in the absence of significant economic data.

“Thus  while a further decline in USD/JPY towards the April lows remains possible further significant weakness would require the US rates curve to completely price out Fed tightening  or even move to a possibility of policy easing,” CACIB argues.

In relation to that, CACIB  suspects that equity markets  will also drive USD/JPY price-action over the coming days.

“The current correction is still modest relative to the rally in since the elections and  it would probably take a further 5%-10% fall in equities to trigger a significant tightening in the financial conditions,  derailing risk sentiment and the Fed,” CACIB adds.

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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.