EUR/USD closed at 1.1194 after falling 0.0029 today, or 0.26%, GBP/USD closed at 1.3347 after slipping 0.0035, or 0.26%, and USD/JPY closed at 157.49 after rising 0.68, or 0.43%. The week’s setup is defined by nearby support, a rebound into resistance, and policy risk. 📉📊

USD/JPY stood out as the most notable mover, recovering on the day but still remaining below its fifty-day average at 157.59435 and its two-hundred-day average at 158.55032. The bounce has not yet reclaimed the level that would open the door to a stronger short-term recovery.

For EUR/USD, the decisive level is 1.1185, the bottom of its five-session range, and price is currently above it at 1.1194. The ECB has a two-day monetary policy meeting on Wednesday, October 28, and Thursday, October 29, with the policy decision scheduled for Thursday at 14:15 Central European Time and the press conference at 14:45.

What remains unresolved is whether 1.1185 for euro-dollar, 1.3342 for cable, and 157.59435 for dollar-yen will hold or give way before the week’s policy events land. The Money Mosaic examines whether range lows break, whether the fifty-day average caps USD/JPY, and how the Federal Reserve, ECB and Bank of Japan shape the next move.

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The FTSE 100 finished Friday at 10,690.36, down from 10,881.9 the previous Friday. That was a fall of 191.54 points, or 1.76%, with the index trading between 10,630.0 and 10,889.9 through the week. 📉

Cable rose 0.37% on the week, a firmer pound that can weigh on the FTSE 100 because overseas earnings translate back into fewer pounds, all else equal.

The coming week starts light on Monday, 26th October, then turns to the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting on Tuesday, 27th October. Wednesday, 28th October, brings the Fed decision and press conference, with Thursday, 29th October, and Friday, 30th October, adding UK and US data alongside more FTSE 100 updates.

The open question is whether the index can reclaim 10,705.8 or whether 10,630.0 gives way, with Wednesday's Federal Reserve outcome the key swing factor. The Money Mosaic examines whether the FTSE 100 has merely slipped beneath a line that matters, how the rate backdrop may affect sterling and London, and whether Wall Street's softer tone is a warning or just noise.

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Euro-dollar, cable and dollar-yen are reviewed after a week that left euro-dollar at one twelve oh three, cable at one thirty-three seventy-one and dollar-yen at one fifty-six eighty-one. Euro-dollar fell minus zero point two five percent, cable rose plus zero point zero three one percent, and dollar-yen dropped minus zero point eighty-three percent 📉📊

Dollar-yen stands out as the clearest test: the five-session low at one fifty-six oh seven held, yet the pair finished near the bottom of its one fifty-six oh seven to one fifty-eight sixty range, keeping downside pressure in focus.

The broad explanation offered for the week is a firmer dollar against the euro, while cable is framed as a mix of competing rate expectations and dollar-yen as a softer dollar tone with changing rate expectations. The result is contained but uneven price action rather than a decisive trend.

What remains unresolved is whether euro-dollar can stay above one eleven eighty-three, whether cable can reclaim and hold one thirty-four, and whether dollar-yen can keep one fifty-six oh seven intact. The Money Mosaic reviews which of those levels held, which gave way, and what each pair’s range now leaves open.

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