Yen Rises as Investors Back in Risk Averse Mode
Action Insight Mid-Day Report 12-17-21

Yen Rises as Investors Back in Risk Averse Mode

Investors are back in risk-off mode after a week of volatility. Yen is rising broadly, followed by Swiss Franc and Dollar. On the other hand, commodity currencies are back under some pressure. Euro and Sterling are both mixed. The question is whether pre-weekend selloff in stocks would intensify and push Yen and Franc to end as the strongest ones.

Technically, USD/JPY's breach of 113.21 minor support is a sign that it's resuming the corrective fall from 115.51. We'll see if it would close below 112.52 support to set up for more decline next week. At the same time, we'll also monitor if USD/CHF would break through 0.9156 support to align with the outlook too.

In Europe, at the time of writing, FTSE is up 0.04%. DAX is down -1.05%. CAC is down -1.27%. Germany 10-year yield is down -0.030 at -0.378. Earlier in Asia, Nikkei dropped -1.79%. Hong Kong HSI dropped -1.20%. China Shanghai SSE dropped -1.16%. Singapore Strait Times dropped -0.55%. Japan 10-year JGB yield rose 0.0058 to 0.050.

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USD/JPY Mid-Day Outlook

Daily Pivots: (S1) 113.42; (P) 113.83; (R1) 114.11; More...

USD/JPY's breach of 113.21 minor support suggests that recovery from 112.52 has completed at 114.26. Corrective fall from 115.51 might be ready to resume. Intraday bias is back on the downside for 112.52 first. Break will confirm this case and target 100% projection of 115.51 to 112.52 from 114.26 at 111.27. Nevertheless, break of 114.26 will resume the rebound from 112.52 to retest 115.51 high.

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GMT Ccy Events Actual Forecast Previous Revised
00:01 GBP GfK Consumer Confidence Dec -15 -14
03:00 JPY BoJ Interest Rate Decision -0.10% -0.10% -0.10%
07:00 EUR Germany PPI M/M Nov 0.80% 1.40% 3.80%
07:00 EUR Germany PPI Y/Y Nov 19.20% 19.80% 18.40%
09:00 EUR Germany IFO Business Climate Dec 94.7 95.4 96.5 96.6
09:00 EUR Germany IFO Current Assessment Dec 96.9 97.5 99
09:00 EUR Germany IFO Expectations Dec 92.6 93.3 94.2
10:00 EUR Eurozone CPI Y/Y Nov F 4.90% 4.90% 4.90%
10:00 EUR Eurozone CPI Core Y/Y Nov F 2.60% 2.60% 2.60%
13:30 CAD Foreign Securities Purchases (CAD) Oct 23.92B 18.50B 20.02B 19.78B