Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The AXJs reacted negatively to the comments by US Fed Chair Yellen and Vice-Chair Fischer in the past week





FX Research
by Saktiandi Supaat


AXJ Slips Lower





The AXJs reacted negatively to the comments by US Fed Chair Yellen and Vice-Chair Fischer in the past week that reignited expectations of a rate hike in 2016. USD/AXJs bounced higher as market unwound their short positions in anticipation of a near-term US rate adjustment. The worst performers since Jackson Hole were the KRW, MYR, IDR and TWD, which fell 1.0%, 0.7%, 0.42% and 0.2% respectively against the dollar from their Fri close ...



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