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Dominant regime

Selective defensive USD + weak high beta + selective carry, with no clean risk-on regime.

The week does not confirm broad risk-on or a classic full risk-off regime. USD shows relative strength against several currencies, while AUD and NZD remain pressured in spot. Precious metals weakened, so defensive demand is not cleanly confirmed through gold or silver.

Strongest currencyUSD - best relative balance, but not clean enough for blind chasing.
Weakest operational currencyJPY - operationally vulnerable due to extreme institutional short, BoJ risk and JGB 10Y near the 2.75% threshold.
Main technical scenarioAUD/USD - post-RBA bearish-pressure study - conditional Tier B.
Pivot catalystRBA Cash Rate - 16/06/2026 at 01:30 BRT.

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Executive summary

W25 manual reading

Key points

  • The week is dominated by central banks and inflation: BoJ, RBA, SNB, BoE, UK CPI/Core CPI, euro-area HICP, Japan CPI and Canada CPI.
  • USD holds the best relative strength, but the setup is not clean: 2Y yields and real yields lost momentum and weekly COT deteriorated marginally.
  • AUD is weak in spot, COT and cross-asset regime, but the RBA blocks pre-event validation.
  • CHF looks like structural funding because policy is at zero and inflation is low, but the SNB blocks aggressive treatment.
  • JPY remains veto-watch: extreme institutional short, BoJ risk and JGB 10Y near the critical threshold.
  • CAD is weak in spot, but CAD shorts are too crowded to be treated as a clean short leg.
  • EUR and GBP remain fragile in price and COT, but both have catalysts that can invalidate prior readings.
  • The educational studies to monitor are AUD/USD post-RBA, USD/CHF post-SNB/protected, EUR/USD post-HICP and GBP/USD post-BoE.

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