# Yen's Spike Shows Taste of What Comes When BOJ Really Does Shift - Bloomberg

> The Bank of Japan trimmed its purchases of 10-to-25-year bonds by 10 billion yen in a regular operation on Tuesday. The yen rose as much as 0.5 percent against the dollar in response.

- Date: 2018-01-09 · published 2018-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67208-yen-s-spike-shows-taste-of-what-comes-when-boj-really-does-shift-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md)

## Why it matters

Markets read the minor tweak as a possible first step toward ending stimulus, which can lift the yen and pressure dollar-denominated commodity prices. Feed buyers pricing imported inputs in yen-linked markets may see slightly cheaper dollar costs.

## Read by commodity

- USDJPY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-09/yen-s-spike-shows-taste-of-what-comes-when-boj-really-does-shift

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