ForexLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: USD/JPY up 100+ points to 153.50

  • Forex news for Asian trading on Monday, November 11, 2024

USD/JPY rocketed higher on the session. As I post its up more a big figure from its early lows. Concerns seem to centre on the vote in the Diet today for Prime Minister, although its expected that incumbent PM Ishiba has done enough to secure victory. He will lead a minority government, which is a recipe for ongoing political volatility in the country. Also of note on the session was the Bank of Japan Summary of Opinions, which reported some disagreement amongst policy makers on the next rate hike. On balance the Summary provided no clear indication of a rate hike in December.

Apart from JPY, major FX rates traded small ranges only.

Over the weekend we had the latest China consumer price inflation data, along with producer prices. The CPI rose at its slowest rate in 4 months and the PPI fell even further into deflation. USD/CNH dipped Monday but has since recovered to be higher on the session.

From New Zealand we had data from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on inflation expectations. The two-year moved a little higher, but remained near the midpoint of the central bank’s target band. The one-year dropped a touch. NZD/USD has done little.

In geopolitics (impacting Chinese equities), the US Department of Commerce sent a letter to TSMC imposing export restrictions on certain sophisticated chips. This weighed on the price of the shares, although dozens of other semiconductor A-Shares are limit up.

Bitcoin approached US$2K.

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