JPY refreshes one-year high above 110.00 as US dollar stays firm

  • April 7, 2021 2:45 AM PDT
    USD/JPY takes the bids around 110.62, the highest level in one year,
    amid the initial hour of Tokyo open on Wednesday. The risk barometer
    recently gained amid upbeat forecasts over US President Joe Bidens
    upcoming infrastructure plans. Also favoring the bulls could be the
    broad US dollar strength, backed by the US Treasury yields rally to
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      The chatters suggesting no major tax hikes in US President Biden‘s
    infrastructure spending proposal recently crossed wires and favored the
    risks. Additionally, Biden’s push for faster US vaccines and American
    readiness to re-discuss the nuclear deal with Iran also brighten the
    sentiment.



      It should be noted, however, that the UK‘s push to get tough on China
    and the United Nations (UN) inaction on North Korea’s missile test weigh
    on the mood. Additionally, allegations over stealing thousands of the
    US State Departments' data on Russia join American dislike for Beijings
    play in Hong Kong politics and delay in elections to heavy the
    sentiment.



      Amid these plays, US 10-year Treasury yield wobbles around January
    2020 high whereas S&P 500 Futures print 0.17% intraday gains even as
    Wall Street closed on the mildly negative side the previous day.



      Talking about the data, preliminary readings for Japan‘s February
    month Industrial Production recovered from -5.2% YoY prints to -2.6%.
    It’s worth mentioning that the US CB Consumer Confidence rose to a years
    high the previous day and favored the US dollar index (DXY) to poke the
    late November 2020 top.



      Moving on, US ADP Employment Change for March, expected 500K versus
    117K, can offer intermediate directions to the USD/JPY prices ahead of
    US President Bidens speech around 16:20. Also important will be the
    headlines affecting the risk, mainly concerning the coronavirus
    (COVID-19) in Europe and Australia as well as China-linked news.



      Technical analysis



      A clear break above the downward sloping trend line from October 2018,
    around 110.35 by the press time, favor USD/JPY bulls to aim for the
    111.00 threshold during the further rise.