Japan's Katayama: We are getting closer to taking decisive step in FX market
Stronger verbal intervention sends the JPY higher. The 160.00 handle on USD/JPY is definitely the line in the sand for Japanese officials but we've seen time and time again that their interventions are useless given the negative macro backdrop.
The BoJ this week left interest rates unchanged at 0.75% as widely expected. The quarterly outlook report showed a significant upward revision for inflation and a downgrade for growth due to the US-Iran war. The highlight of the decision though were the three dissenters who voted for a rate hike, which gave the Japanese yen a short-term boost.
Most of the gains were pared back as Governor Ueda struck a more measured tone in the press conference as he noted that they want to take a little bit more time in gauging how the Middle East situation would affect Japan’s economy and acknowledged that underlying inflation is currently a bit below the 2% target.
He added that they expect underlying inflation to be around 2% from second half 2026 but admitted that he doesn’t know how many months it would take to gauge timing of their next rate hike. This is going to keep weighing on the Japanese yen despite intervention talk.
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