The most active trading sessions for the USD/JPY take place in Tokyo, London and New York. Day traders look mostly to the London and New York sessions but those trading wishing to trade on the Asian markets can do so between 2400 GMT - 0900 GMT.
USD/JPY has traditionally been the most politically sensitive currency pair, with successive U.S. governments using the exchange rate as a lever in trade negotiations with Japan. For day-to-day trading, the most significant feature of USD/JPY is the heavy influence exerted by Japanese institutional investors and asset managers.
The USD/JPY has recently dipped below 101.00. Read the Daily Forex USD to Japanese Yen forecast and get access to the most up-to-date statistics, analyses and economic events regarding the USD/JPY.
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After the announcement of US inflation figures, the US dollar will be closely watched today due to the testimony of US Central Bank Governor Jerome Powell before the US Congress.
The price of the USD/JPY currency pair returned to stability above the 110.00 psychological resistance in an attempt to maintain the general trend, which is still bullish
Five trading sessions in a row was enough to push the price of the US dollar against the Japanese yen to the 109.53 support level, the lowest in a month, and closed last week's trading around the 110.25 level.
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For the fourth day in a row, the USD/JPY currency pair is exposed to profit-taking operations, but has not yet escaped from its ascending channel.
For three trading sessions in a row, the price of the USD/JPY currency pair is subjected to correctional selling after its strong gains recently, reaching the resistance level 111.66, its highest since March 2020.
After consecutive bullish jumps for the USD/JPY currency pair, it pushed it towards the resistance level 111.66, its highest since March 2020.
For the second day in a row, the price of the USD/JPY currency pair is returning to the upward correction in its last track, stable around the resistance level 111.26, the highest since March of the year 2020.
The recent selling operations pushed the price of the USD/JPY currency pair to the 110.43 support level, which is stable, with the currency market anticipating important US job numbers.
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For four trading sessions in a row, the USD/JPY currency pair is subjected to selling operations that pushed it towards the 110.50 support level
Expectations of raising the US interest rate still support the strength of the US dollar against the rest of the other major currencies.
There are continued gains of the dollar due to US Federal Reserve raising interest rates in addition to continued pressure on the yen.
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There are factors that strongly contributed to pushing the price of the US dollar against the Japanese yen currency pair to correct higher with gains
Ahead of the expected testimony of US Central Bank Governor Jerome Powell today, the USD/JPY currency pair maintains its bullish momentum.
For the second day in a row, the price of the USD/JPY currency pair is exposed to profit-taking operations that pushed it towards the 109.96 support level