© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Banknotes of Japanese yen are seen in this illustration picture taken September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo By Leika Kihara MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) -The yen’s recent declines are driven by fundamentals and do not meet any of the considerations that would call for authorities to intervene in the currency market, a
Alongside the surge in USD/JPY Japanese authorities have insisted, over and over again, that the rate should trade in a stable fashion ‘driven by fundamentals’. And over and over again the market has insisted that a 500+ or so bp differential between US and Japanese rates are a solid fundamental. The IMF have weighed in,
More again from Bank of Japan Governor Ueda, trying his hand at some verbal intervention to support the yen. Who wants to tell the Gov that a 500-odd bp yield differential between the US and Japan is a very strong fundamental that is moving the USD/JPY rate? Ueda: important for FX to move stably reflecting
