The post BoJ maintains status quo to wrap up big central bank week appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.

Here is what you need to know on Friday, September 20: Investors digest the latest central bank announcements to start the last trading day of a critical week for markets. In the second half of the day, the European Commission will release the preliminary Consumer Confidence data for September and Statistics Canada will publish Retail Sales figures for July. Ahead of the weekend, market participants will also pay close attention to comments from central bank officials. US Dollar PRICE This week The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies this week. US Dollar was the weakest against the Australian Dollar.   USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF USD   -0.87% -1.48% 0.95% -0.30% -1.75% -1.52% -0.18% EUR 0.87%   -0.68% 1.81% 0.53% -0.95% -0.67% 0.65% GBP 1.48% 0.68%   2.40% 1.21% -0.26% -0.02% 1.34% JPY -0.95% -1.81% -2.40%   -1.24% -2.62% -2.42% -1.19% CAD 0.30% -0.53% -1.21% 1.24%   -1.54% -1.22% 0.02% AUD 1.75% 0.95% 0.26% 2.62% 1.54%   0.25% 1.60% NZD 1.52% 0.67% 0.02% 2.42% 1.22% -0.25%   1.37% CHF 0.18% -0.65% -1.34% 1.19% -0.02% -1.60% -1.37%   The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote). The Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced on Friday that it maintained the short-term rate target in the range of 0.15%-0.25%, as expected. In its policy statement, the BoJ noted that it expect inflation to be at a level generally consistent with the BoJ’s price target in the second half…

---

Filed under: News - @ September 20, 2024 6:19 am