XE Market Analysis: North America – Jan 07, 2019

A reversal of risk-off positioning has seen the yen underperform, while currencies with higher beta characteristics, such as the Australian dollar and other dollar bloc units, and developing world currencies, have outperformed most other currencies. The Dollar itself has traded mixed, on net, and EUR-USD settled to an oscillation of the 114.00 level. USD-JPY lifted back above 108.0 on the back of Yen weakness.