日圓兌美元上週飆升至 12 週高點後下跌

由於股市復甦削弱了需求，日圓兌美元匯率飆升至 12 週以來的最高水平一周後，週一小幅走低

The yen slipped on Monday from a 12-week high against the dollar, while sterling held near a 2-1/2-week low versus the euro ahead of key central bank decisions in both countries later this week.

週一，日圓兌美元匯率從 12 週高點下滑，而英鎊兌歐元匯率則在本週稍後兩國央行做出關鍵決定之前維持在 2-1/2 週低點附近。

A sharp rebound in global equity markets last week sapped some demand for the safe-haven yen, while a sell-off in U.S. Treasuries also limited further gains in the Japanese currency.

上週全球股市的大幅反彈削弱了對日圓避險貨幣的部分需求，而美國公債的拋售也限制了日圓的進一步上漲。

A flush out of long-held short yen positions also appeared to have run its course by the end of last week.

到上週末，長期持有的日圓空頭部位的清倉似乎也已結束。

The dollar gained 0.29% to 154.24 yen early in the Asian day, after dipping as low as 151.945 on Thursday for the first time since May 3.

亞洲交易日早盤，美元兌日圓匯率上漲0.29%至154.24日圓，週四自5月3日以來首次跌至151.945。

Last week, the dollar sank 2.36% against the yen for its worst weekly performance since late April.

上週，美元兌日圓下跌2.36%，創4月底以來最差單週表現。

On Monday, Japan’s Nikkei stock average jumped more than 2%.

週一，日本日經指數上漲超過 2%。

Speculation has grown that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will raise interest rates on Wednesday at the same time as significantly reducing its monthly bond purchases.

人們越來越猜測日本央行(BOJ)將在周三升息，同時大幅減少每月購買債券量。

The central bank had promised to outline its quantitative tightening (QT) plans at this meeting during its previous gathering last month.

在上個月的上次會議上，央行曾承諾在這次會議上概述其量化緊縮（QT）計畫。

“If the BOJ holds off on hiking rates, it will need to announce a more aggressive QT programme than expected to avoid a ‘sell-the-rumour, buy-the-fact’ … reaction in USD/JPY,” said Tony Sycamore, a market analyst at IG.

「如果日本央行推遲加息，它將需要宣布比預期更激進的量化寬鬆計劃，以避免美元/日元出現『賣出謠言、買入事實』…的反應，」Tony Sycamore 表示。分析師。

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave rates unchanged this week, but cut them by a quarter point at the following meeting in September.

同時，市場普遍預期聯準會本週將維持利率不變，但在 9 月的下次會議上將利率下調 25 個基點。

Demand for the yen could easily reignite should stocks turn lower as well, with the U.S. earnings calendar this week populated by heavyweights including Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Meta (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).

如果股市也走低，對日圓的需求很容易重新點燃，本周美國財報日曆上充斥著亞馬遜（納斯達克股票代碼：AMZN）、蘋果（納斯達克股票代碼：AAPL）、Meta（納史達克股票代碼：META）和微軟（納斯達克股票代碼：NASDAQ：微軟金融時報）。

The euro gained 0.25% to 167.37 yen, and was flat at $1.0859.

歐元兌日圓上漲0.25%至167.37，持平於1.0859美元。

It eased 0.07% to 84.32 British pence, not straying far from the high of 84.48 pence from Friday, the strongest since July 10.

英鎊兌美元下跌0.07%，至84.32便士，距離週五高點84.48便士不遠，這是自7月10日以來的最高水準。

Sterling added 0.12% to $1.2882.

英鎊上漲0.12%至1.2882美元。

Markets see the odds of a first rate cut on Thursday as a coin toss.

市場認為週四首次降息的可能性就像拋硬幣一樣。

Elsewhere, the Australian dollar gained 0.31% to $0.6568, recovering from Friday’s low of $0.65105, a level not seen since the start of May.

其他方面，澳元兌美元上漲 0.31%，至 0.6568 美元，從週五的低點 0.65105 美元反彈，這是自 5 月初以來的最低水平。

Leading cryptocurrency bitcoin advanced 2% to $68,793, receiving some support from positive comments from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who told a bitcoin conference on Saturday that the U.S. must dominate the sector or China would.

領先的加密貨幣比特幣上漲2%，至68,793 美元，受到共和黨總統候選人唐納德·川普的積極評論的一些支持，川普在周六的比特幣會議上表示，美國必須主導該行業，否則中國將主導該產業。