XE Market Analysis: North America – Feb 28, 2018

The dollar and yen have outperformed today, the former following yesterday’s testimony of new Fed Chairman Powell and the latter after the BoJ trimmed purchases of super long JGBs in a regular QQE operation today. EUR-USD fell to a six-week low of 1.2198, Cable logged a four-session low of 1.3858, and USD-CAD rallied to a two-month high of 1.2779. USD-JPY, meanwhile, ebbed back to the 107.00 level, giving back yesterday’s Powell-induced gains. This left a four-session high at 107.67.