The Bank of Japan held a two-day meeting where it concluded to maintain its ultra-dovish monetary policy.
The market anticipated them to tweak their stimulus program with inflation pressure rising, however, BoJ Governor Kuroda defied expectations by not making any changes to Yield Curve Control targets.
This sent Yields lower for Japanese Government Bonds which resulted in weakness for the Yen.
We saw the Dollar push up during Asian trading this morning after seeing some rejection near support levels.
Gold has entered a retracement as it fell to the first key support level. We expect Gold to slide as traders take profits. The next support level is near the $1860 area.
Bitcoin is consolidating at the resistance near $21,400, but we are expecting it to break above this after a slight pullback. Bitcoin’s next target is $22,700 if it can maintain this bull run.
In today’s DIFX Analytics, we’re going to look into the following assets:
USD/JPY climbs after BoJ meeting
USD/JPY has risen above $130 on the news that BoJ has decided to remain with its ultra-dovish policy stance.
Many expected them to begin phasing out their massive stimulus program and we saw bond prices fall with yields higher in anticipation of the meeting. After the decision, JBG bond yields fell along with the Yen.
It is now expected that BoJ Governor Kuroda would not tweak policy until the end of his tenure in April.
Bitcoin hits $21,000
Bitcoin is still hovering at the resistance area near $21,400. We can expect the digital asset to continue climbing amidst the cooling off in US inflation.
We may see a mild retracement down to $20,000 – $20,400 before a continuation of the bull run to the next key levels.
Next Target Levels:
- $22,700
- $24,200
Dollar posts some gains
Dollar Index has pushed up to $102.71. We saw a reversal at the start of the week and forecasted price action would continue till $102.98 and this projection still stands. If this resistance is broken, we can expect more gains in the Dollar until $103.6 – $104.
The Dollar is gaining momentum since the BoJ surprised the market by standing strong with their ultra-dovish policy when many have assumed they would begin to phase out their stimulus.
Gold breaks below RSI trend
Gold has hit the first support level as it showed some weakness after breaking out of the RSI trend. This indicates bearish price action may follow for the asset.
We can now expect Gold to breach below $1896 and make a move for the key support area of $1860 – $1870.
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