USD/JPY Fundamental Analysis July 17, 2012, Forecast

Posted July 16, 2012 5:42 (GMT) | By FX Empire Analyst - Barry Norman | Print | Font Size
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Analysis and Recommendation:

The USD/JPY is trading at 79.08 on a quiet Monday morning session in Asia. Japanese markets are closed for a local holiday, and there has been little eco data since the early in the US session on Friday. Earning season in the US is in full swing, which lifted the Wall Street on Friday, and gave a push to global markets.

The JPY continues to gain strength against a strong US dollar. The dollar index continues to trade in the mid 83 price level, but the JPY continues to add pips.

The possibility of Chinese monetary stimulus to help improve Chinese production has become the focus of the markets at present, as investors continue to trade central bank monetary easing as opposed to fundamentals. The possibility of a huge stimulus package would help support all of the Asian currencies and the primary trading partners of China, of which Japan is considered to be one of. Also last week, retail sales in China were higher than forecast, helping Japanese exports to China.

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Upcoming Economic Events that affect the AUD, NZD, JPY and USD

Date	Time	Currency	Event	Previous
Jul 17	1:30	AUD	New Motor Vehicle Sales m/m	2.4%
	9:15	ALL	G7 Meetings
	12:30	USD	CPI m/m	-0.3%
	13:00	USD	TIC Long-Term Purchases	25.6B
	13:15	USD	Capacity Utilization Rate	79.0%
	13:15	USD	Industrial Production m/m	-0.1%
Jul 18	0:30	AUD	MI Leading Index m/m	0.5%
	12:30	USD	Building Permits	0.78M
	12:30	USD	Housing Starts	0.71M
	14:30	USD	Crude Oil Inventories	-4.7M
Jul 19	1:30	AUD	NAB Quarterly Business Confidence	-1
	12:30	USD	Unemployment Claims
	14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	4.55M
	14:00	USD	Philly Fed Manufacturing Index	-16.6
Jul 20	1:30	AUD	Import Prices q/q	-1.2%

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