USD/JPY breaches support around 155.15 and tests near 154.00 on Monday (page stamp 154.06) as the yen hits fresh six-month highs on steeper BoJ hike hopes.
USD/JPY breaches support around 155.15 and tests six-month lows near 154.00 on Monday. The page headline stamps 154.06.
Steeper BoJ hike hopes are the driver. Danske Bank on this wire cites Takuji Aida’s call for a September hike then another by January — that path is already live on our Aida note. Deutsche Bank’s Shreyas Gopal frames NBIM’s planned rotation as a notable cut in US Treasuries and a rise in JGBs, potentially supportive for the yen over a medium term.
This is a separate European-session URL from USD/JPY post-NFP ~155.85, Japan MoF, and GBP/JPY six-month low.
USD/JPY’s Tuesday slide to mid-153.00s (lowest since Feb 18) is a separate Asian-session tape — distinct from Monday’s ~154 / EUR-JPY yen-strength notes.
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