EUR/GBP trades around 0.8800 on Tuesday at the time of writing, up 0.40% on the day, supported by Pound Sterling (GBP) weakness ahead of Thursday’s Bank of England (BoE) policy meeting.
The Japanese Yen (JPY) is strong, up 0.5% against the US Dollar (USD) and outperforming all of the G10 currencies in an environment broad-based USD strength and risk aversion, Scotiabank's Chief FX Strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report.
The AUD/JPY pair slumps to near 100.40 during the Asian trading session on Tuesday as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has held its Official Cash Rate (OCR) steady at 3.6%. This is the second straight meeting when the RBA has maintained a status quo.