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.
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.
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 |
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