USD/JPY lower still in Asia, intervention, rates Trump?
USD/JPY 158.63 to 156.06 EBS yesterday, Asia 156.25 to 155.44 so far
Continuing move down from yesterday, various reasons being mulled
Renewed FX intervention suspected but FX volumes not as large as July 11-12
Soggy US short yields, flatter curve with long yields off more too
Dealers also note Trump-speak on trade, currencies - weak JPY and CNY
Flows too out of Wall Street and repatriation by Japanese investors?
All seen combined to push JPY up with market very short, plenty carries on
USD/JPY through number of daily tech supports including 155.52-83 Ichi cloud
To area of ascending 100-DMA at 155.12, daily lows below to 154.55 June 4
Some option expiries in area - 155.50-60 $527 mln, 156.00 $325 mln
Larger expiries left in dust above and unlikely to affect trading
Snowballing JPY buy-backs could fuel further USD/JPY moves down
Fibo 38.7% of 140.27-161.96 end-Dec-July move 153.67, 50% retracement 151.11
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Also nL1N3J90UT, on Beige Book nAQN2J94LR, nS0N3HV031, nL1N3J90W6
US markets nL1N3J90LL, nL1N3J9105, nL4N3J910O, nL1N3J9029
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USD/JPY: https://tmsnrt.rs/3ydgpex
USD/JPY nearby option expiries into next week: https://tmsnrt.rs/4f4c0ex
Yield on US Treasury 10s: https://tmsnrt.rs/3WtYecX
(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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