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A hawkish Federal Reserve rate hike and projections of further tightening have bolstered the US dollar, pressuring Asian currencies and global equities. The yen faces renewed weakness toward 158 per …
Japan's core machinery orders are projected to dip 1.0% month-over-month in July following a 9.7% surge in June, while expanding 15.3% year-over-year. Underlying corporate capital expenditure remains…
Natixis economist Trinh Nguyen expects significant upside for the Japanese yen, citing domestic interest rate hikes, attractive JGB yields, investor capital reshoring, and persistent currency underva…
Analysts say joint US-Japan intervention marks a turning point for the yen, which is expected to strengthen significantly toward 125 per dollar, ending its four-decade low slide.
Japan's Growth Minister Kiuchi stated proactive fiscal policy will benefit the economy and strengthen the yen, signaling potential government support for currency stability.
Yardeni Research says U.S.-Japan yen intervention will likely fail due to Japan's soft-currency fiscal policy, wide rate gaps, and the Treasury's use of euros rather than dollars in the operation.
US secretly sold euros to buy yen, blindsiding the ECB and stoking geopolitical tension. BlackRock warns this reduces cooperation among policymakers, adding risk to long-dated bonds and currency stab…
Apollo says yen carry trade correlation with US-Japan rate gap broke down post-April 2025 tariffs. Japan's mounting debt costs, record budget, and fiscal concerns now drive yen weakness despite narro…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent urges the Fed to expand the FIMA repo facility to help Japan defend the yen without selling Treasuries, following a joint dollar-yen intervention amid record-low yen l…
Coordinated US-Japan intervention curbs yen weakness; BOJ hints at a September rate hike, pressuring exporters like Kioxia amid an already soft chip earnings outlook.
BCA Research says yen weakness stems from BoJ's ultra-loose policy, not fiscal fears. Yen and JGBs to stay pressured through 2026, but investors should start accumulating undervalued yen this winter …
Bank of Japan held rates steady and raised growth forecasts, while declining to confirm suspected FX intervention that recently strengthened the yen sharply against the dollar.
Tokyo core CPI rose to 1.9% in July, nearing BOJ's target, driven by high energy costs and a weak yen. This reinforces expectations of further BOJ rate hikes, potentially strengthening the yen agains…
Japanese consumers are buying record amounts of gold jewelry as the yen weakens toward 164/dollar and inflation rises, using gold as a store of value amid currency depreciation and higher living cost…
DoubleLine warns Japan's fiscal expansion plan under PM Takaichi risks a 'Truss-like' bond and currency crisis, as JGB and yen sell-offs signal investor distrust of subordinating BOJ policy to fiscal…