Japan is printing a bunch of lower-tier reports this week, but the yen will likely take its cues from other key market themes.
Which events should you look out for?
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Japan’s economic releases
- Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) meeting minutes (Nov 3, 11:50 pm GMT) will explain the central bankers’ decision to trim its growth forecasts for 2020
- Average cash earnings (Nov 5, 11:30 pm GMT) could see a 0.2% uptick (from -1.3%) in September
- Household spending (Nov 5, 11:30 pm GMT) seen growing by 2.5% after a 1.7% increase in August
Safe-haven demand
- As a low-yielding (and supposedly low risk) currency, traders will flock to the safe-haven yen in times of uncertainty
- All eyes will be on the U.S. election results, which could lead to contested results and prolonged counting in case we don’t see a clear winner on November 3
- Policy decisions from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Bank of England (BOE), and the Fed can also inspire intraday volatility among the majors
- Rising coronavirus cases around the world and the impact of imposed lockdowns can also boost the demand for the yen
Technical snapshot
- The yen has strengthened against ALL of its major counterparts in the last 30 days
- It saw the most gains against the Aussie, followed by the euro and Kiwi
- Stochastic considers the yen “overbought” against AUD, CAD, EUR, and CHF on the daily time frame
- The rest of the yen’s counterparts are also heading to overbought territory
- JPY saw the most volatility against the comdolls and the pound in the last seven days
