
USD/JPY outlook: Hawkish Fed recalibration pressures the yen
Stronger US growth momentum and rising Treasury yields are keeping USD/JPY pointed higher, even as Japanese policymakers try to limit the pressure building across domestic markets.
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Stronger US growth momentum and rising Treasury yields are keeping USD/JPY pointed higher, even as Japanese policymakers try to limit the pressure building across domestic markets.

Gold and silver had held up surprisingly well against surging US yields. Wednesday’s DXY breakout may have changed that equation.

Euro has fallen seven of the past nine sessions, with stretched momentum raising the stakes as EUR/USD closes in on a major inflection zone.

AUD/USD remains under pressure after breaking key trend support, with the latest decline putting the focus on the next major downside pivot.

EUR/USD and Nasdaq Price Outlook: Overbought/oversold momentum on hourly and daily time frames is raising reversal risks across the U.S. dollar, EUR/USD and Nasdaq after a strong weekly advance.

EUR/AUD and GBP/AUD are coiling near support, with recent correlations suggesting the Aussie’s strength is being driven more by rates, risk and metals than energy.

Sterling has slipped below its 200-day moving average as downside momentum carries GBP/USD toward another major technical support zone.

A 50% surge from the yearly low has transformed Bitcoin’s technical backdrop, with bulls now targeting the next major hurdle at the yearly open.

Despite mounting geopolitical risks, crude oil prices have declined more than 10% from their monthly highs. Combined with overbought momentum readings on the DXY and dollar pairs, this increases the risk of a near-term reversal.

Breakouts across the SOX and Nasdaq are being matched by rebounds across Asia, with the Nikkei now threatening to join the move.

NZD/USD has become unusually sensitive to relative front-end rates, with the US two-year yield advantage now near historically extreme levels.

Sr. Technical Strategist Michael Boutros highlights the levels that matter on the DXY, GBP/USD and Bitcoin charts this week.

Lower oil prices, semiconductor strength and improving technical momentum are helping Nasdaq futures overcome a hostile backdrop of higher Treasury yields and a stronger US dollar.