The Japanese Yen (JPY) is lagging as markets price in a 25bps BOJ hike on December 19, with Governor Ueda signaling moderate inflation risk but persistent upward wage pressures; USD/JPY may slide toward 140 following US-Japan yield differentials, BBH FX analysts report.
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) sets the USD/CNY central rate for the trading session ahead on Tuesday at 7.0773 compared to the previous day's fix of 7.0764.
The NZD/USD pair declines to around 0.5775 during the early Asian session on Tuesday. The US Dollar (USD) strengthens against the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) as markets brace for a hawkish cut from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) on Wednesday.