Should We Watch the Direction of the CAD/JPY Pair, Which Fell on the Back of Lower Canadian CPI?
18.12.2024
- U.S. FOMC Policy Rate and Statement Announcement
- European Consumer Price Index
In yesterday’s U.S. currency trading, the Canadian dollar fell against the yen after Canada’s November Consumer Price Index, released yesterday, showed a year-over-year decline from 2.0% the previous month to 1.9%. The CAD/JPY pair fell from 108.410 to 107.051.It broke below the support line formed by the 200-period simple moving average (SMA) on the hourly chart. On the 4-hour chart, the pair has rebounded after hitting resistance at the 200-period exponential moving average (EMA), and on the daily chart, it has begun to decline after touching the 20-period moving average (MA).
Among European currencies, the pound rose against the U.S. dollar. The GBP/USD pair rose from 1.2665 to 1.2728, continuing its upward trend along the 20-period moving average (MA) on the hourly chart.On the 4-hour chart, the pair has broken through the 20-period moving average, which had been acting as a resistance line, and on the daily chart, it has rebounded firmly before reaching last month’s low. We will be watching price action during U.S. trading hours to see if the pound’s rebound continues.
Today, at 16:00: UK Consumer Price Index, UK Producer Price Index, and UK Retail Sales; at 18:30: remarks by Nagel, President of the German Federal Bank; at 19:00: Eurozone Consumer Price Index; at 20:00: UKCBI Business Survey, at 9:00 PM the U.S. MBA Mortgage Applications Index, at 10:30 PM U.S. Housing Starts, at 12:30 AM U.S. Weekly Crude Oil Inventories,28:00 U.S. FOMC policy rate decision and statement, and 28:30 remarks by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Powell are scheduled. I intend to carefully monitor the direction of the CAD/JPY pair, which has fallen due to the decline in the Canadian CPI.
