The Wall Street Journal had a piece over the weekend from Nick Timiraos, who has gained a reputation as a Federal Reserve ‘insider’. Timiraos wrote suggesting higher rates from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), rates that'll be held high for longer. Separately Goldman Sachs published a note raising their forecast for Fed rate hikes, to 5% by March ‘23.

In early trade the USD caught a bid, with a few gaps lower for FX against the dollar. The gaps have been filled by varying extents across the board.

USD/JPY has risen above 148.00 again.

There was plenty of data today, most notably the official PMIs from China for October. Both the Manufacturing and Non-manufacturing PMI fell back into contraction during that month, coming in worse than consensus expected. The FX impact was small, AUD/USD dipped a few pips but soon returned to where it had been.

In politics the incumbent Brazilian President has lost.

USDJPY wrap 31 October 2022