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30.04.26 - 16:57
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Japan Intervened In FX Market To Buy Yen (ZeroHedge)
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Japan Intervened In FX Market To Buy Yen
With Brent surging to a new post war high overnight, rising as high as $125 on fear of an imminent resumption of hostilities in Iran, which dragged yields higher, and also pushed the USDJPY above 160 for the first time since late March, overnight Japan made clear - again - it wouldn't take it any more, with the usual round of jawboning.
*KATAYAMA: WE ARE MONITORING FX MARKET WHILE YOU ARE ON HOLIDAY
*KATAYAMA: WE ARE NEARING TIMING TO TAKE BOLD ACTION ON FX
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*MIMURA: WE ARE NEARING TIME TO TAKE BOLD ACTION ON FX
*MIMURA: THIS IS MY FINAL WARNING BEFORE ACTION
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*JAPAN PM TAKAICHI HOLDS PHONE TALKS WITH IRAN PRESIDENT: KYODO
JAPAN PM TAKAICHI: I HAVE WORKED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF JAPANESE-RELATED VESSEL THROUGH STRAIT OF HORMUZ" RTRS
And while the market had grown used to constant jawboning by Japanese officials, this time Japan finally put its money where its mouth was, and with the USDJPY extending gains after all this verbal diarrhea, at...
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30.04.26 - 14:24
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Yen Rises Amid Japan Intervention Warnings (AFX)
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - The Japanese yen strengthened against other major currencies in the European session on Thursday, as Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama issued a clear intervention warn......
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30.04.26 - 14:21
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Futures Jump After Overnight Rollercoaster Session As Oil Unexpectedly Tumbles, Yen Soars (ZeroHedge)
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Futures Jump After Overnight Rollercoaster Session As Oil Unexpectedly Tumbles, Yen Soars
Futures erase an overnight slide, and have resumed their ascent trading near all time highs, despite a hawkish Fed statement but stronger Mag7 earnings. The hawkish Fed followed by a less hawkish press conference, plus the news that Powell is staying on seemingly removing a cut, actually have bond yields lower pre-mkt by 2-4bp as the Dollar weakens on what appears to be BOJ intervention which has sent the USDJPY plunging most since 2022. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.4%, erasing a 0.5% drop earlier in the session; Nasdaq futures gain 0.6%: in premarket trading Alphabet is the big gainer from the major tech companies that reported, with Amazon rising too but Meta and Microsoft falling (META -9% AMZN +2.3%, GOOG +6%, and MSFT -1.8%). Semis continue to trade higher as well as Discretionary, Industrials and Materials while Financials, Healthcare and Staples lower as Cyclicals lead Defensives. Energy ...
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30.04.26 - 13:54
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Yen Rises Against Majors (AFX)
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - The Japanese yen strengthened against other major currencies in the European session on Thursday. The yen rose to nearly a 4-week high of 183.83 against the euro, from an early......
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30.04.26 - 13:42
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Japan′s ′Final Warning′ on Yen as US Rate Gap, Iran Tensions Bite | The Pulse 4/30 (Bloomberg)
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"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops.
Today's guests:
Sören Radde, Point72, Head of European Economic Research; Iain Stealey, JPMorgan Asset Management, Fixed Income International CIO; Nive Bhagat, Capgemini CFO. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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