JPY Weekly

This report details recent volatility in the USD/JPY pair driven by Japanese policy rhetoric and Middle East geopolitical tensions. It highlights a government pivot to stabilize JGB yields and potential pension fund inflows as key supportive factors for the Yen.

Key Takeaways

• 1.The Japanese government is revising the 'honebuto' policy draft to clarify it is not a warning against BOJ rate hikes, helping to stabilize long-term JGB yields.
• 2.Finance Minister Katayama's interest in supporting domestic asset investment by pension funds (like the GPIF) could catalyze yen buying.

Table of Contents

• Week in review
• Long-term yields approach 3%
• Reports of revisions to the honebuto policy
• Pension funds bring yen buying to mind
• Plenty of Fed-related events, but dollar strength may be hard to generate

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