NZD/USD fell on the announcement from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand that it was cutting its Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 25bp. While markets had largely priced the cut in, the consensus amongst analysts was for an on hold decision. NZD/USD fell further during RBNZ Governor Orr’s press conference. Orr said a 50bp rate cut was considered. He also said there would be further normalising of rates to come as inflation is dropping.

USD/JPY fell on the session also. It began its drop as news crossed that Japanese Prime Minister Kishida will not seek re-election as head of his party, meaning the end of his premiership after just under three years. In effect, Kishida will be resigning in September. As Kishida conducted his press conference an hour or after the news broke USD/JPY fell further. The range on the session was a decent 147.18 down to 146.08.

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