Yen traders need to look beyond the Fed/BOJ story
Sept 10 (Reuters) -As there is uncertainty over the speed and extent of the U.S. Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan policy rate convergence, traders should study other factors to determine USD/JPY's near-term direction.
The dollar was steady on Tuesday and the yen inched away from one-month highs in cautious trading as investors braced for U.S. inflation data and reassess expectations of a large interest rate cut from the Fed next week.
There are expectations that the Fed and BOJ rates will partially converge through to the end of 2025, according to the LSEG Interest Rate Probability App.
USD/JPY could well slide below the 140 psychological level. The medium-term USD/JPY chart is bearish, as spot is trading well below the 144.59 Fibo, a 50% retrace of the 127.22-161.96 (2023-2024) EBS rise.
Speculators went short USD/JPY in August for the first time since Q1, 2021, according to position data derived from net contracts of the International Monetary Market. The current speculative short position is not yet crowded enough to prevent a bigger USD/JPY slide.
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(Martin Miller is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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