Earlier this week, an LDP official said they are “not currently considering intervening.” This gave yen sellers the green light to push USD/JPY up to 155 and – of course – there was not much pullback.
Officials took steps to reverse the point because commenting was an obvious error.
End min Suzuki now says there are positives and negatives to the yen weakness, but they are monitoring it closely.
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