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Japan's top currency diplomat escalated warnings against the weak yen. The article attributes the currency's slide to monetary policy divergence, with the Bank of Japan continuing to ease while the US Federal Reserve has tightened aggressively to fight inflation.
Stronger official warnings raise the chance of yen intervention, which would cut the yen cost of imports for Japanese feed buyers. The policy gap also keeps the dollar firm, which tends to pressure dollar-priced commodities.
reuters.comTetsushi KajimotoJun 26, 2023Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
