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Another positive session

USD
  • The Dollar is still king, after US Data keep beating expectations and inflation remains sticky.
  • The USD is in deep green territory across the majors Year To Date, only the MXN is up 3.16% for that period, while the Yen and the Swissy are down 7.96% and 7.68% respectively for that period.
  • The early loser today in G10 is the SEK, down 0.45% following the Swedish CPI coming below consensus.
  • Despite the spike in USDSEK, it is still short of Yesterday's high and more importantly 10.8254, the April high and the highest print since November.
  • Focus in FX, is still squarely on the YEN, with USDJPY making an attempt to 153.32 overnight, Yesterday's high, so far printed a 153.29 high.
  • Market participants will remain cautious of intervention risks going forward.
  • Immediate resistance is unchanged and at 153.39 1.382 proj of the Feb 1 - 13 - Mar 8 price swing.

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