[USD/JPY] Risk-On Mood Before Japan and U.S. Policy Meetings
At the start of the week, the U.S. dollar became stronger because of higher risks in the Middle East, and USD/JPY rose to 144.74 yen. After that, the Japanese yen …
[XAU/USD] Expectations for Easing Tensions in the Middle East
At the beginning of the week, the price of gold rose to a high of $3,451 because of ongoing concerns about a possible war between Israel and Iran. However, after …
[EUR/USD] FOMC and US–EU Tariff Talks
Last week, there was a feeling of relief after US-China trade talks made progress, but US-EU negotiations remained difficult. The euro was kept down by these worries. However, when US …
[USD/JPY] Bank of Japan Meeting and Japanese CPI
The US dollar is strong due to the preliminary agreement in US-China trade talks and growing geopolitical risk between Israel and Iran. However, there is also selling of US dollars …
[XAU/USD] Middle East Situation Risk and FOMC Meeting
Last weekend, Israel attacked Iran, causing the geopolitical risk to increase. This made gold’s price go up as a safe asset. However, gold’s rise was limited because investors also bought …
[EUR/USD] New Highest Price
U.S. President Trump said he will put new tariffs on many countries in the next few weeks but also said that the European Union (EU) wants to talk. Because of …
[USD/JPY] Many Reasons to Sell the Dollar
In the Tokyo market, U.S. President Trump said he would put new tariffs on many countries in the next few weeks. This caused worry about trade problems, so people sold …
[XAU/USD] Risk in the Middle East and Lower U.S. Interest Rates
Gold prices went up because of increased geopolitical risk. This happened as people became more worried that Israel might attack Iran. When there is risk like this, investors buy gold …
[EUR/USD] Ongoing US Dollar Selling
Yesterday during Tokyo time, news said that the United States and China reached a trade agreement. Because of this, the US dollar became stronger and the euro went down to …
[USD/JPY] US-China Agreement and PPI (Producer Price Index)
Yesterday in the early morning (Tokyo time), news said that the United States and China reached a trade agreement. Because of this, the USD/JPY rose to the 145 yen level. …