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USD/JPY breaks above 107 and trades up to 108.50

The dollar rallied 150 pips against the yen on Monday as traders scrambled to get on board of the latest move. Trump's proposed fiscal stimulus in form of tax cuts and infrastructure spending worth several $tn are leading markets to price in a steeper path of the federal funds rate.
Japanese GDP came in better than expected. That supported the Nikkei and the pair. Now even more so, U.S. dollar based investors are paid to hedge yen exposure. Technically, 38.2% retracement of the 2015 - 2016 downs…
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USD/JPY selling continues

USD/JPY tumbled about 200 pips in yesterday's trading after PM Abe failed to impress markets with his latest fiscal stimulus plan. Even if he did, the pair would have most likely fallen anyway, probably just a bit slower.
The low of the day was just a couple of pips below 50.0% retracement of the Abenomics rally. Area between the retracement (100.70) and the big figure at 100 is the support level to watch. 101.50 - 102 may prove to be a decent sell zone.
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