The Federal Reserve speeds up its quantitative tightening, and this is certainly bullish news for the USD. At the same time, this is a negative factor for the American stocks, which have entered their seasonally worst month.
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Japanese yen has been influenced by tensions between the US and North Korea. It gained as a safe haven it the beginning of the week after North Korea fired a missile over Japanese territory on Tuesday. USD/JPY fell to 108.25 before recovering to the 110.50 area. During the weekend North Korea claimed to detonate a hydrogen bomb, so the week opened with a small gap down.
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