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USD/JPY was trading 0.56% lower on the day at 138.78 at around 05:45 GMT. The pair is extending a three-day downtrend, has retraced below the daily cloud.
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes released on Wednesday showed majority policymakers vouched for decelerating pace of interest rate hikes.
A broad-based US Dollar weakness ensued after the FOMC minutes. The 10-year US Treasury yields have slipped below 3.69% as investors see no continuation of 75 basis points (bps) rate hike spell.
Analysts expect Fed chair Jerome Powell will likely shift to a half-percent rate hike extent for December’s monetary policy meeting.
Further, chatters of a gradual opening in the dragon nation after renewed Covid lockdowns seems to have weighed on the dollar's haven demand.
USD/JPY trades with a bearish bias. The major is set to extend weakness after failure to extend gains above 110-EMA.
Breach below cloud has raised scope for further downside. Next major support is seen at 200-DMA at 133.82.


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