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USDJPY Extends Decline, Breaks Below Bear Trigger In Recent Trade

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  • The Japanese Yen is extending its outperformance on Thursday, leading G10 gains with a 2.5% advance against the greenback. USDJPY has cleared multiple supports throughout the session and most significantly has just broken below the bear trigger at 129.52.
  • The combination of hawkish BOJ rhetoric alongside the removal of a US CPI obstacle appears to have confirmed the path of least resistance as lower for the pair.
  • With price now trading through the bear trigger on an intraday basis, markets will be watching for a daily close below to confirm a possible head and shoulders pattern drawn from early June 2022.
  • Additionally, moving average patterns could add further weight, with the 50- and 200-dmas on the cusp of forming a bearish death cross. Support seen scant until 128.44, the 1.236 proj of the Oct 31 - Nov 15 - 21 price swing.

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