AUD/USD halts its four-day winning streak near 0.7210 in Asian trade Tuesday after China’s August surplus printed $119.09B vs $119.1B estimates and Westpac confidence fell 5.2% to 84.4.
EUR/JPY falls 1.11% on Monday toward about 179.45 as the yen strengthens on fully priced BoJ 25 bp hike bets for September 17–18.
USD/JPY breaches support around 155.15 and tests near 154.00 on Monday (page stamp 154.06) as the yen hits fresh six-month highs on steeper BoJ hike hopes.
GBP/USD retreats to near 1.3520 from session highs just below 1.3550 after BoE Governor Bailey called for policy flexibility and cooled September hike hopes. Pill’s Thursday 4% call was the prior lift. NFP is still preview only.
GBP/USD fell to 1.3482 on the hot NFP print, then rebounded to around 1.3512 as traders weighed Fed hike odds and BoE Pill color.
GBP/JPY weakens below 209.00 in early European trade Monday — its lowest since February 24 — as the yen rallies on fully priced BoJ 25 bp hike bets for September 17–18.
GBP/USD climbs to 1.3541 (+0.23%) on Labor Day thin liquidity as the dollar fades; a separate chart stamp is 1.3547. DXY is at 98.87 (−0.29%). Hormuz is not reopened.
EUR/USD hovered just above 1.1610 at the European open Monday despite Germany’s July industrial production falling 1.1%. Destatis forecast +0.1% and a separate consensus at 0.3% are both quoted.
EUR/GBP loses ground to around 0.8585 in early European trade after Destatis July industrial production fell 1.1% m/m. Consensus +0.3% and Destatis-side forecast +0.1% are both quoted; they are not averaged.
USD/JPY holds near 155.85, virtually flat, as BoJ tightening expectations offset the dollar bid after August NFP printed +162K vs 56K.
The Indian rupee strengthens versus the dollar on Friday, with USD/INR near 94.49 after a prior-day two-month high at 94.29. SocGen stamps RBI FX mobilisation at $136.38 billion. NFP PRE only — three consensus stamps quoted separately.
AUD/USD holds around 0.7200 at the start of the week near its highest since mid-May as RBA September hike bets meet NFP-led USD support and escalating US–Iran tensions.