JPY: Events to keep your eye on for this week – Deutsche Bank

By FXStreet FXStreet (Delhi) – Taisuke Tanaka, Strategist at Deutsche Bank, believe the USD/JPY will trend upward to the ¥125-130 range next year in line with the buoyant US economy and anticipated Fed rate hikes.

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“That said, we do not expect an unbroken uptrend. We have thus recommended that investors build tactical longs in the USD/JPY by buying on dips. We believe this approach will deliver good performances on a quarterly and semiannual basis amid the large upward and downward swings in the market.”

“Japan’s 3Q GDP was revealed today to have dropped an annualized 0.8%, badly affected by inventories, imports and capex, marking a second consecutive quarterly decline. The resulting expectations for another easing at the BoJ’s Monetary Policy Meeting this Wednesday and Thursday should support the USD/JPY somewhat (though most market participants expect the BoJ to maintain its current policy as they are watching the government-industry talks on wages).”

“We expect the minutes of the recent FOMC meeting (Wednesday) and ECB meeting (Thursday) to reaffirm comments by leaders of both banks hinting strongly at a rate hike and further easing within this year, respectively. This should ensure further dollar strength and euro weakness. US data this week include the CPI and …read more

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