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The Japanese yen hovered near seven-month highs around 153.4 per dollar amid expectations of a Bank of Japan rate hike to 1.25% next week. Hawkish rhetoric from Japanese policymakers, US Treasury war…
USD/JPY faces substantial downside pressure as expectations mount for a Bank of Japan rate hike. Narrowing US-Japan yield differentials, carry-trade unwinding, technical support breakdowns, and poten…
The Japanese yen surged ahead of an anticipated Bank of Japan interest rate hike, sparking carry-trade unwinding fears. Concurrently, crude oil is climbing toward $100 per barrel amid geopolitical te…
USD/JPY dropped sharply from 160 to near 153 within a week as traders unwound carry trades. Strong Japanese GDP and wage growth pushed market pricing for a Bank of Japan rate hike to 98%, though upco…
The Japanese yen is surging as expectations grow for aggressive Bank of Japan rate hikes and capital repatriation. With massive carry trades unwinding and positioning flipping bullish, analysts antic…
The yen rallied sharply, driving USD/JPY down from above ¥160 to below ¥157 amid hawkish Bank of Japan signals and surging rate hike expectations. Rising Japanese yields threaten carry trades, while …
Japan's currency and debt defenses are failing despite US-backed interventions and rate hikes. As USD/JPY pressure mounts and the Bank of Japan considers further rate hikes, risks of another massive …
Yen weakness nears levels that could trigger BOJ/Treasury intervention, risking a repeat of 2024's carry-trade unwind that sparked a 6.1% three-day S&P 500 selloff. Rising Treasury yields and Japan's…
Eurizon SLJ predicts USD/JPY has peaked, targeting 125, but yen gains from the joint intervention have already halved as rate differentials persist. BOJ's September hike odds and skeptics warn of a v…
Gold and silver surged on Fed hold hopes and cheaper oil, while a historic joint yen intervention by Japan and the US strengthened the JPY, pressuring carry trades. Bitcoin remained surprisingly resi…
US and Japan conducted rare coordinated yen-buying intervention, pushing yen from 164 to 155-157 per dollar. Officials warn more intervention possible, but structural rate gaps and Japan's massive de…
BoJ held rates at 1% after yen intervention on July 30. Narrowing US-Japan rate gap and softer dollar threaten yen carry trade, a key funding source for leveraged crypto positions, creating gradual h…
USD/JPY rallies as the dollar gains amid US-Iran tensions, elevated oil prices, and resilient US economic data. The yen weakens as risk sentiment remains cautious but geopolitical premiums support gr…
Economist Saifedean Ammous warns Argentina’s policy is a ‘debt and inflation Ponzi,’ saying high-yield bond carry trades will collapse with the peso, likely driving investors into safe-havens such as…