NZD/JPY bulls attack 84.00 amid RBNZ rate hike, sluggish yields

RBNZ announced its 10rate hike as the policymakers struggle to tame the inflation fears, cutting the benchmark rate by 0.50% to 4.75%. Following the RBNZ decision, the quarterly Rate Statement said, “There are early signs of lessening price pressures.” The same should have challenged the NZD/JPY bulls., downbeat Japan data also favor the NZD/JPY bulls. That said, Reuters Tankan Manufacturing Index for Japan came in as -5.0 for February versus -6.0 in January.

On the other hand, the US 10-year and two-year treasury bond yields seesaw around the three-month highs marked the previous day as markets await the Federal Open Market Committee’s Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes. It’s worth noting that the strong US data and hawkish Fed bets propelled the US Treasury bond yields to a multi-day high the previous day.

Elsewhere, comments from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian President Vladimir Putin were the top catalysts that weigh on theas both suggest further tension between Moscow and Kyiv, which also includes the West and China of late. Above all, Japan’s wage talks and looming concerns over the Bank of Japan’s exit from the ultra-easy monetary policy, not to forget the risk-negative headlines, seem to keep the NZD/JPY bears hopeful.One-month-old descending resistance line guards immediate NZD/JPY upside near 84.25.

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