The dollar remained unchanged on Monday

2024-03-18
Summary:

Monday saw a stable dollar as traders awaited central bank meetings globally. The BOJ appears close to discontinuing negative rates.

EBC Forex Snapshot, 18 Mar 2024


The dollar was steady on Monday as traders looked ahead to a week dominated by central bank meetings worldwide, with the BOJ seemingly on the brink of ending negative rates.


Internal preparations for an exit have been in the works since Kazuo Ueda took office as BOJ governor in April last year, and were mostly done by year-end, sources familiar told Reuters.

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There is still a possibility that the central bank may opt to act until the April meeting. The Asian currency has had a whirlwind past few weeks, weakening to 150.88 last month.

Citibank vs. HSBC Currency Pair Data Comparison

Citi (as of 11 Mar) HSBC (as of 18 Mar)

support resistance support resistance
EUR/USD 1.0695 1.1017 1.0794 1.098
GBP/USD 1.2503 1.2896 1.2593 1.2889
USD/CHF 0.8551 0.9000 0.8745 0.8909
AUD/USD 0.6443 0.6691 0.6468 0.6659
USD/CAD 1.3359 1.3607 1.3437 1.3625
USD/JPY 146.68 150.89 146.71 151.08

The green numbers in the table indicate that the data has increased compared with the previous time; the red numbers indicate that the data has decreased compared with the previous time; and the black numbers indicate that the data has remained unchanged.


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