FOREX-Dollar 伸び(る)s as インフレーション data ぼんやり現れるs; yen on 介入 watch

By Brigid Riley and Alun John

TOKYO/LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - The dollar 伸び(る)d on the euro and 続けざまに猛撃する on Thursday after a U.S. 連邦の Reserve 政策 製造者 said he wasn't in a hurry to 削減(する) 率s, while 仲買人s を締めるd for 重要な 経済的な data and hesitated to move on the yen on 恐れるs of Japanese 介入.

The Japanese 通貨 was 安定した at 151.42 per dollar having 貿易(する)d just shy of the 152 示す at its lowest since 1990 on Wednesday before Japan's 最高の,を越す 通貨の 公式の/役人s 示唆するd they were ready to 介入する to 妨げる その上の 拒絶する/低下するs.

The euro was last 負かす/撃墜する 0.33% at $1.0792 its lowest in five weeks, and the 続けざまに猛撃する was 負かす/撃墜する 0.25% at $1.2609. That left the dollar 索引 up 0.16% at 104.6, its highest since 中央の-February.

Speaking during late U.S. 貿易(する)ing hours on Wednesday, Fed 知事 Christopher Waller said 最近の disappointing インフレーション data 断言するs the 事例/患者 for the U.S. central bank 持つ/拘留するing off on cutting its short-称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語 利益/興味 率 的.

Market 期待s for the first 率 削減(する) to occur at the Fed's June 会合 have 緩和するd somewhat. 現在の pricing has it at a 60% chance, compared to 67% around this time last week, によれば the CME FedWatch 道具.

"Waller is one of the more important Fed 政策 製造者s and, while I don't see this 存在 a big move, the 発言/述べるs have put some 勢い into the market which has been stuck in very tight 貿易(する)ing 範囲s," said 物陰/風下 Hardman, 上級の 通貨 strategist at MUFG.

仲買人s now を待つ U.S. 核心 PCE インフレーション 人物/姿/数字s 予定 on Friday, 同様に as an 外見 by Fed 議長,司会を務める Jerome Powell.

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Should the インフレーション data surprise on the upside and support the dollar, its most dr amatic 衝撃 could be on the yen. Market 関係者s say there is a dense thicket of 選択s 制限するing moves in dollar/yen around the 152 level, and so a break through could 誘発する/引き起こす more 重要な moves.

While there may be some 貿易(する)ing to defend a move toward 152 yen per dollar for now, Friday's U.S. インフレーション data 提起する/ポーズをとるd a 重要な 危険, said Takeshi Ishida, a 通貨 strategist at Resona Holdings.

"Once dollar/yen touches 152, I think there will probably be a sharp move 上向き, and that's when 介入 could take place."

Japanese 当局 held a 会合 on Wednesday on the 通貨's 証拠不十分 and ramped up their 言葉の 警告s, putting the market on the 警戒/見張り for any 調印するs that words are 存在 支援するd up with 活動/戦闘.

Japan 介入するd in the 通貨 market three times in 2022, selling the dollar to buy yen, first in September and again in October as the yen slid に向かって a 32-year low of 152 to the dollar.

A 要約 of opinions at the 日本銀行's March 会合 解放(する)d on Thursday gave the 通貨 little support, showing many policymakers saw the need to go slow in 段階ing out ultra-loose 通貨の 政策.

The 復活祭 holiday in many markets is also 複雑にするing 事柄s.

"That 作品 in Japan's favour as it keeps another 層 of 不確定 as liquidity tends to be thin, and so 投資家s might be nervous 持つ/拘留するing yen shorts going into the holiday period," said MUFG's Hardman.

一方/合間, 中国's central bank 始める,決める the yuan 直す/買収する,八百長をするing at the widest gap against Reuters' 見積(る) in nearly five months, as 当局 step up 成果/努力s to 妨げる sharp 拒絶する/低下するs in the 通貨. The yuan 低迷d to a four-month low last Friday.

The onshore yuan was mostly flat at 7.2277 per dollar, while 沖合いの/海外の it was a t 7.2591 per dollar, also little changed.

The スイスの フラン remained under 圧力, and the dollar rose 0.24% to 0.9059 フランs, 貿易(する)ing just shy of a four month high 攻撃する,衝突する the day before.

The Aussie fell 0.6% to $0.6495. 同様に as 存在 傷つける by Waller's 発言/述べるs, data from Australia showed 消費者s continued to struggle as 小売 sales 辛勝する/優位d up 0.3% in February, 行方不明の 予測(する)s.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Brigid Riley; Editing by Lincoln Feast and Sonali Paul)

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