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* Cancel the 9 month peak, the next eye vote and the EU summit
* Yen ahead of the political meeting of the BoJ
* US data slows down and controls the dollar
* Chart: Global exchange rates in 2019 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
By Hideyuki Sano
TOKYO, March 15 (Reuters) – The pound sterling has stopped to catch its breath on Friday after the British parliament voted overwhelmingly to call for a postponement of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union while the yen was counting on the guidance of the Bank of Japan in the day.
The pound sterling stood at 1.3253 USD, after a further dip from the record high of 1.3380 USD last Wednesday over nine months, with a 0.76% fall on Thursday.
Against the euro, the pound fell to 85.25 pence, after the peak reached Wednesday with 22 months to 84.725.
British lawmakers approved a motion providing for the possibility of asking the EU for a deadline if parliament could agree on a Brexit agreement by March 20, or a longer deadline. long if no agreement can be reached in time.
The pound remained virtually stable following the adoption of the motion on Thursday night.
"There was a tender consensus on the market that Brexit would be delayed. Things are moving in the same direction, "said Kyosuke Suzuki, FX Director at Société Générale.
"But the extreme risk has not yet completely disappeared. Next week's EU summit is likely to be the culmination, "he said, noting that the 27-member EU must approve any extension.
Before British Prime Minister Theresa May meets with European leaders on Wednesday and Thursday, a new vote on her twice-rejected deal is expected to take place next week.
Legislators must now decide whether they want to support an agreement that does not offer them a clean break with the EU, or reject it and accept that Brexit can be diluted or even counteracted with significant delay.
The yen slipped to a one-week low of 111.83 for a dollar on Thursday, partly because of speculation that the BoJ could show more clearly that it was willing to further ease the policy. during his review which will end later on Friday.
Nevertheless, most market participants expect the BoJ that it will abstain from any radical changes to its policy framework. The yen was 111.77.
The euro fell to 1.1307 USD from Wednesday's high of 1.1339 USD, in tandem with the pound sterling.
The Australian dollar has traded at US $ 0.7064, peaking at US $ 0.7098 this week, as its recent rebound has been affected by reports that a potential US-US summit could China to conclude a trade agreement would be postponed.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that a trade summit between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would not take place at the end of March, as previously suggested, as it remained still much to do in trade negotiations.
Trump said that a trade agreement that could be reached with China would probably be known within three or four weeks.
US data released on Thursday highlighted growing pressure on the US economy and helped control the dollar.
The number of Americans filing jobless claims increased more than expected last week, while new home sales fell more than expected in January. (Edited by Shri Navaratnam)
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