AUD/USD, USD/JPY Taking Advantage of US Dollar Weakness

Talking Points:

- AUDUSD continues breakout towards 0.9500.

- USDJPY risks losing critical channel support at 101.50.

- Forex economic calendar picked up on Thursday.

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The March FOMC minutes highlighted a noticeably more cautious tone among policymakers, who pushed back against the recent interest rate elevation in the United States, hurting the US Dollar. Citing the market's interpretation of the economic forecasts as too optimistic for the purported interest rate hike path, the minutes released yesterday were not the hawkish panacea the US Dollar was looking for.

Read more: FOMC Minutes Pose Risk as USD Breakdown Looms: GBP/USD, USD/JPY

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--- Written by Christopher Vecchio, Currency Analyst

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