USD/JPY Forecast: Consolidates near late July high, above 160.00
The USD/JPY pair touches a fresh high since July 31 on Wednesday, though it lacks follow-through buying and remains below 160.50 through the Asian session.
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The USD/JPY pair touches a fresh high since July 31 on Wednesday, though it lacks follow-through buying and remains below 160.50 through the Asian session.

Gold (XAU/USD) drops to a nearly four-week low during the Asian session on Wednesday and is now looking to extend the fall further below $4,300 amid a bearish fundamental backdrop.

Webull is returning to the Canadian cryptocurrency market with a model that puts much of the technical machinery in the hands of Coinbase, allowing the brokerage to offer digital asset trading without building its own large scale infrastructure from scratch.

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the value of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is gaining ground for the second successive day and trading around 99.70 during the Asian hours on Wednesday.

CIMB Group has taken another step into Malaysia’s emerging digital capital market after completing a pilot that used tokenised deposits to settle RM1.38 billion of tokenised sukuk, giving investors a practical glimpse of how blockchain technology could reshape the mechanics of Islamic finance.

Australia is preparing to dramatically increase the maximum compensation that can be awarded for direct losses arising from a single scam, as authorities confront an increasingly sophisticated fraud industry that can stretch across banks, telecommunications companies and digital platforms.

The AUD/NZD cross builds on the better-than-expected Australian data-inspired gains and rallies to the 1.2200 mark, or the highest since July 8, after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) announced its policy decision.

The NZD/USD pair tumbles to near 0.5855 during the Asian trading hours on Wednesday. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) faces some selling pressure against the US Dollar (USD) after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) interest rate decision.

The GBP/USD pair declines to near 1.3510 during the early Asian trading hours on Wednesday. Ongoing tensions in the Middle East provide some support to a safe-haven currency such as the US Dollar (USD) against the British Pound (GBP). All eyes will be on the US August jobs report later on Friday.

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda on Tuesday held talks with US Treasury Secretary Bessent on the sidelines of the G20, but giving no details on what was discussed.

Gold price (XAU/USD) tumbles to near a two-week low around $4,330 during the early Asian session on Wednesday. The precious metal faces some selling pressure on elevated Treasury yields and a stronger US Dollar (USD).

The Aussie Dollar retreats some 0.29% against the US Dollar on Tuesday as the escalation of the Middle East conflict boosted the Greenback due to its haven appeal. The AUD/USD trades at 0.7146.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is on track to deliver a follow-through interest rate hike, raising the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by another 25 basis points (bps) from 2.50% to 2.75% on Wednesday.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) raised the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25 basis points (bps) to 2.75% from 2.50% after concluding the September monetary policy meeting on Wednesday.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is on track to deliver a follow-through interest rate hike, raising the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by another 25 basis points (bps) from 2.50% to 2.75% on Wednesday.

UOB's Jester Koh note they raise their FY27 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) forecast for India to 7.2% from 6.8% after a stronger-than-expected 1QFY27 expansion of 7.8% year-on-year.

OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong have recalibrated Asian FX forecasts slightly firmer against the US Dollar (USD), with more notable upgrades for KRW and MYR.

United Overseas Bank‘s (UOB) Quek Ser Leang and Lee Sue Ann note that USD/SGD has retreated sharply after last week’s spike, but downside momentum remains limited.

The Mexican Peso (MXN) erases some of its earlier gains against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday as the US and Iran launched successive strikes against each other, souring risk appetite and weighing on the emerging market currency. The USD/MXN pair trades at 16.99, virtually unchanged.

Standard Chartered strategists Anubhuti Sahay and Saurav Anand revise their FY27 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast to 7.2% from 6.6% following a robust Q1-FY27 print and strong high-frequency indicators.