The U.S. dollar strengthened on Thursday after the Federal Reserve left borrowing costs unchanged but signaled further rate hikes to come as attention turned to the European Central Bank policy announcement later in the day.
The Fed's policy decision snapped a string of 10 consecutive rate hikes, but the projections, or dot plot, showed policymakers expect two more increases by the end of 2023.
The market's attention is now turning to other central bank decisions late this week, with the ECB policy announcement on Thursday before the Bank of Japan on Friday.
"Dollar-yen is at year highs and markets are increasingly beginning to talk about whether a further rise could trigger the BoJ to verbally and also effectually intervene in the FX market," Lomholt added.
Japan's top government spokesperson said on Thursday that volatile currency market moves were undesirable and the authorities would take "appropriate" action as needed.
Persons:
Powell, Fed, Mohit Kumar, Kristoffer Kjær Lomholt, Lomholt
Organizations:
U.S, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Jefferies, Bank of Japan, Money, ECB, Danske Bank, The Bank of, FX
Locations:
The Bank of Japan