Awareness of a strong dollar in view of parliamentary testimony

FRB Chair Powell will give a semi-annual parliamentary testimony at the Senate Banking Committee today. It is expected that it will emphasize its aggressive tightening stance against rising prices, which is likely to lead to a move to buy dollars. Since the dollar-yen pair rose sharply yesterday, we are cautious about buying from here, but […]

Will the dollar be bought again, today is the US ADP employment statistics

Dollar buying intensified in the overseas market yesterday. The unexpected rise in the US ISM manufacturing index to 56.1 accelerated dollar buying. On the 31st, US Fed director Waller said, “It is preferable to raise interest rates by 0.50 percentage points as much as necessary,” which also shocked the market, which had been waiting for […]

To continue the strong dollar, the market price at the beginning of the week

The dollar is expected to continue to appreciate in the market at the beginning of the week. Events such as the US FOMC and US employment statistics last week showed that inflation would be strengthened in the future, and the resilience of the employment situation was also a support factor. An unstable event of a […]

How long will the USD buying trend continue?

The upward trend in US bond yields has not stopped, while the Governor of the Bank of Japan Kuroda emphasized that “additional easing without hesitation if necessary” and maintaining a easing stance, and the dollar-yen pair will develop steadily. In 2015, the authorities became more cautious about the depreciation of the yen from the 125 […]

Depreciation of USD

The dollar index continues to fall. So far, it has remained below the previous day’s closing price of 90.934. It was high at 90.928 in the morning in Tokyo and dropped to 90.503 in the early part of London. The dollar has continued to rise since the beginning of this year, but it has fallen […]

Inauguration ceremony of US President Biden

Today, the inauguration ceremony of US President Joe Biden, which is a historical topic, will be held. In the market, risk appetite is strengthening with expectations in advance, and dollar selling is predominant in the foreign exchange market. Today, the market trends before and after the event will be noticed. The Biden administration is likely […]

US Employment Statistics

December Number of new employees: 621,000 last time, expected 275,000December Unemployment rate Last time 8.5% Forecast 8.6%December Changes in the number of non-farm payrolls [month-on-month] Last time 245,000 people Expected 71,000 peopleDecember Unemployment rate Last time 6.7% Expected 6.8%December average hourly wage [month-on-month] Last time 0.3% Forecast 0.2%December average hourly wage [compared to the same […]