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Yen Gains Ground, Japanese GDP Next

The Japanese yen has posted slight losses in the Monday session. In North American trade, USD/JPY is trading at 108.48, down 0.30% on the day. On the release front, there are no major indicators on the schedule. The US federal budget is expected to rebound and show a large surplus of $50.2 billion. This would mark the first surplus since September. In Japan, the Producer Price Index is expected to slow to 2.7%. On Tuesday, Japanese Preliminary GDP is expected to slow to 0.2% in the fourth quarter.

Turbulence in global stock markets last week triggered strong relativity in the currency markets. Most currencies lost ground against the US dollar, but the safe-haven Japanese yen bucked the trend. USD/JPY dropped 1.2%, and touched a low of 108.04, its lowest level since early September. A key reason for the sell-off was investor concern over possible interest rate hikes by major central banks. The Bank of England has said it could accelerate its pace of hikes, and the Federal Reserve could follow suit if inflation moves higher.

It’s a quiet start to the week in the US, and the US dollar has been generally subdued. That will likely change on Wednesday, with the release of inflation and retail sales reports. The markets will be glued to the inflation indicators, as last week’s stock market slide was triggered by concern that higher inflation would lead to additional rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and other central banks. If inflation numbers are higher than expected, we could see some volatility from the US dollar as well as the stock markets.

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