USD/JPY chart - Trading View
- USD/JPY holds above 111 handle, break below 110-EMA to see further weakness.
- The pair is trading extremely rangebound with session high at 111.23 and lows at 111.06.
- Major support seen at 111 levels, decisive break below required for further downside.
- Markets wary ahead of key risk events - looming trade worries, Brexit anxiety, US CPI and FOMC minutes.
- US Treasury yields edged modestly lower with the yield for the benchmark 10-year note down to 2.49%.
- On the data front, US Feb Machinery Orders, expected to post a yearly decline of 5.2%, Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index, seen up in March by 1.1% YoY.
- Focus also on March preliminary Machine Tool Orders, which posted a whopping 29.3% decline in the previous month.
- BOJ's Governor Kuroda is set to speak later in the session, although he is not expected to make relevant announcements.
Support levels - 111.02 (110-EMA), 110.85 (50-DMA), 110.77 (61.8% Fib)
Resistance levels - 111.42 (5-DMA), 111.82 (Apr 5 high), 112, 112.21 (76.4% Fib)
Currency Forecasts: Break below 110-EMA to see further weakness. Dip till 110.77 likely.
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