The Japanese yen and the Swiss franc gained against major currencies on Monday amid a selloff in technology stocks as markets weighed the implications of a Chinese startup launching a free open-source artificial intelligence model.
The Japanese Yen continues to draw support from the BoJ's hawkish interest rate hike on Friday. The divergent BoJ-Fed outlook and narrowing US-Japan yield differential favor the JPY bulls. Fed rate cut bets could act as a headwind for the buck and further cap gains for the USD/JPY pair.
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The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks.
BoJ, Fed, and RBA policies dictate USD/JPY and AUD/USD paths. Global trade and China’s economy amplify forex market volatility.
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Following its first policy meeting of the year, the BoJ announced that it hiked the short-term rate target by 25 bps from 0.15%- 0.25% to 0.40%- 0.50%. In the policy statement, the BoJ noted Japan's economy is recovering moderately, albeit with some weakness, and added that the underlying inflation is gradually heightening toward the BoJ's target.
The benchmark S&P 500 was down 1.6 per cent to 6,003.04, dragged down by technology stocks. AI chipmaker Nvidia was down nearly 14 per cent to $123.02
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The Japanese yen is slightly lower on Thursday. In the European session, USD/JPY is trading at 156.25, down 0.16% on the day.
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