Today’s Market Outlook Can Safe-Haven Dollar Buying and Japan Selling Extend Further? Markets Focus on GPIF Headlines and Middle East Tensions

Today’s Market Outlook Can Safe-Haven Dollar Buying and Japan Selling Extend Further? Markets Focus on GPIF Headlines and Middle East Tensions ■ Market Overview Markets opened the week with safe-haven demand for the U.S. dollar competing against renewed selling pressure on Japanese assets. Reports over the weekend that tensions between the United States and Iran […]

USD/JPY Approaches 160 Again as Middle East Risks Ease Slightly

USD/JPY Approaches 160 Again as Middle East Risks Ease Slightly USD/JPY has risen into the upper 159 range and is once again approaching the psychologically important 160 level. The main drivers behind the move are: Ongoing interest rate differentials between the United States and Japan Risk appetite supported by strong equity markets A renewed expansion […]