AUD/JPY Price Forecast: Holds losses below 113.00 on intervention fears, bias stays mildly bullish
- AUD/JPY attracts some sellers near 112.75 in Tuesday’s early European session.
- The cross keeps a mildly bullish vibe, but further consolidation cannot be ruled out with RSI holding below the midline.
- The first upside barrier emerges at 113.40; the initial support level to watch is 112.70.
The AUD/JPY cross trades in negative territory around 112.75 during the early European trading hours on Tuesday. The Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens against the Australian Dollar (AUD) as traders are on high alert for currency intervention from Japanese authorities. Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said on Tuesday that he will take appropriate action against the foreign exchange moves if needed.
On the other hand, a hawkish interest rate hold from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) might underpin the Aussie. The Australian central bank decided to leave the Official Cash Rate (OCR) unchanged at 4.35% after its June monetary policy meeting last week. Despite pausing the interest rates, the board members signaled that further rate hikes might be necessary to achieve its goals.
Technical Analysis:
In the daily chart, AUD/JPY retains a mildly constructive bias while it holds above the 100-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and the lower Bollinger Band, suggesting underlying demand remains in place despite the recent pullback from the highs. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) at 43.6 leans slightly bearish but not oversold, hinting more at consolidation than a decisive reversal as price oscillates within the upper half of its broader Bollinger envelope.
On the topside, initial resistance is aligned with the Bollinger middle band at 113.40, and a sustained break above this area would open the door for a retest of the upper Bollinger Band around 114.78. On the downside, the immediate focus is on the 100-day SMA at 112.20 ahead of the lower Bollinger Band at 112.00, where buyers would be expected to show more interest if the pullback deepens.
(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool.)
Japanese Yen FAQs
The Japanese Yen (JPY) is one of the world’s most traded currencies. Its value is broadly determined by the performance of the Japanese economy, but more specifically by the Bank of Japan’s policy, the differential between Japanese and US bond yields, or risk sentiment among traders, among other factors.
One of the Bank of Japan’s mandates is currency control, so its moves are key for the Yen. The BoJ has directly intervened in currency markets sometimes, generally to lower the value of the Yen, although it refrains from doing it often due to political concerns of its main trading partners. The BoJ ultra-loose monetary policy between 2013 and 2024 caused the Yen to depreciate against its main currency peers due to an increasing policy divergence between the Bank of Japan and other main central banks. More recently, the gradually unwinding of this ultra-loose policy has given some support to the Yen.
Over the last decade, the BoJ’s stance of sticking to ultra-loose monetary policy has led to a widening policy divergence with other central banks, particularly with the US Federal Reserve. This supported a widening of the differential between the 10-year US and Japanese bonds, which favored the US Dollar against the Japanese Yen. The BoJ decision in 2024 to gradually abandon the ultra-loose policy, coupled with interest-rate cuts in other major central banks, is narrowing this differential.
The Japanese Yen is often seen as a safe-haven investment. This means that in times of market stress, investors are more likely to put their money in the Japanese currency due to its supposed reliability and stability. Turbulent times are likely to strengthen the Yen’s value against other currencies seen as more risky to invest in.
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