GBP/JPY Exchange rate
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EUR/USD struggles near 1.0550 amid dour mood
EUR/USD struggles near 1.0550 in the European morning on Thursday. The pair faces headwinds from risk-off flows due to rising geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine and worries over the potential US tariffs on the EU. ECB- and Fedspeak are awaited.
GBP/USD trades around 1.2650, upside potential seems limited
GBP/USD keeps its range near 1.2650 in early European trading on Thursday. The pair's sidetrend could be attributed to the softer US Dollar and a risk-aversion market environment. Traders stay cautious amid rife geopolitical tensions and a light economic calendar. Fedspeak eyed.
Gold needs acceptance above 2,660 to unleash additional recovery
Gold price is sitting at the highest level in over a week above the $2,650 barrier in the Asian trading hours on Thursday. All eyes remain on the speeches from several US Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers and Russia and Ukraine geopolitical updates, in the absence of top-tier US economic data releases.
Shiba Inu holders withdraw 1.67 trillion SHIB tokens from exchange
Shiba Inu (SHIB) trades slightly higher, around $0.000024, on Thursday after declining more than 5% the previous week. SHIB’s on-chain metrics project a bullish outlook as holders accumulate recent dips, and dormant wallets are on the move, all pointing to a recovery in the cards.
Sticky UK services inflation to keep BoE cutting gradually
Services inflation is set to bounce around 5% into the winter, while headline CPI could get close to 3% in January. That reduces the chance of a rate cut in December, but in the spring, we think there is still a good chance the Bank of England will accelerate its easing cycle.
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GBP/JPY
The GBP/JPY pair tells the trader how many Japanese Yen (the quote currency) are needed to purchase one British Pound (the base currency). It is known to be a “carry currency cross”, that is a cross which is a vehicle for carry trading (one of today's most popular trading strategies). A carry trade happens when a person sells or borrows an asset with a low-interest rate in order to purchase another asset with a higher interest rate, looking to profit from the underlying interest rate difference. This strategy is heavily used in the foreign exchange market (forex).
HISTORIC HIGHS AND LOWS FOR GBP/JPY
- All-time records: Max: 1014.000 on 01/01/1963 - Min: 116.853 on 19/09/2011
- Last 5 years: Max: 195.843 on 18/06/2015 - Min: 124.78 on 26/09/2016
* Data as of February 2023
ASSETS THAT INFLUENCE GBP/JPY THE MOST
The GBP/JPY pair can also be impacted by:
- Currencies: USD and EUR. This group also includes the following currency pairs: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, USD/CHF, NZD/USD, USD/CAD and EUR/JPY
- Commodities: Oil.
- Bonds: Gilt (debt securities issued by the Bank of England), GJGB10 (Japan Generic Govt 10Y Yield) and T-Note (Treasury Note, a marketable U.S. government debt security).
- Indices: FTSE 100 (share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalization), Nikkei 225 (stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange), Dow Jones (DJIA, Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index that shows how 30 large publicly owned companies based in the United States have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market).
ORGANIZATIONS, PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC DATA THAT INFLUENCE GBP/JPY
The organizations and people that affect the most the moves of the GBP/JPY pair are:
- Bank of England (BoE), known to be one of the most effective central banks in the world. It acts as the government's bank and the lender of last resort. It issues currency and, most importantly, it oversees monetary policy (including interest rates). Andrew Bailey became the new Governor of the Bank of England on March 16th, 2020. Her Majesty the Queen has approved the appointment. He is widely and deeply respected for his leadership managing the financial crisis, developing the new regulatory frameworks, and supporting financial innovation to better serve UK households and businesses.
- Bank of Japan (BoJ) that issues statements and decides on the interest rates of the country. Its Governor is currently Kazuo Ueda. The BoJ has been applying very low interest rates for many years and even introduced a negative interest rate in January 2016, in an attempt lift consumer prices, which have been sliding for most of the past 20 years. Falling consumer prices is a concern for the country since they hurt corporate revenues and tend to stop spendings. The Japanese Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a key indicator closely monitored by traders of all JPY-related currency crosses.
- UK Government and its Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak who took office in October 2022, a day after becoming leader of the Conservative Party.
- Japanese Government and its Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who replaced Yoshihide Suga in October 2021.
- UK GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country. It is a gross measure of market activity because it indicates the pace at which a country's economy is growing or decreasing. Generally speaking, a high reading or a better than expected number is seen as positive for the GBP, while a low reading is negative.