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USD/JPY Price Analysis: Struggles at key resistance, slumps below 161.00
The USD/JPY consolidates below the psychological 161.00 figure as US Treasury bond yields edge lower and the Greenback weakens. The traders focus on Fed Chair Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony at the US Congress and the release of US inflation figures. The major trades at 160.79, virtually unchanged. The USD/JPY daily chart is set to continue to trend higher from a price action standpoint, but fears of intervention by Japanese authorities in the FX markets might dent buyers from pushing the exchange rate higher. Momentum suggests the pair would consolidate within the 160.00-162.00 range, as the Relative Strength ... (full story)