Currency markets enter consolidation mode
Currencies outside the US are in consolidation mode. The Japanese yen is holding near the 153 threshold as traders turn more sceptical on the Takaichi administration’s capacity for delivering fiscal and monetary stimulus, the euro is treading water in line with an ebbing in French political headlines, and the British pound is inching higher amid a lack of domestic rate catalysts. The Canadian dollar—stuck in a narrow technical trading range for days—is moving sideways ahead of a speech from Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers, and the Mexican peso is pushing higher as optimism surrounding trade relations with the...