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JPY: Weakness Can Extend Further; Exiting EUR/JPY Shorts – MUFG

What is the forecast for the Japanese yen in the near-term?

Here is their view, courtesy of eFXdata:

MUFG Research  flags a scope for further JPY weakness over the near-term.

“Developments earlier this week you would have thought were supportive of continued yen strength. US yields fell notably with the 10-year UST bond yield dropping 10bps to trade below 1.00% yesterday in part on increased equity market volatility and dovish communications from Fed Chair Powell on Wednesday- but USD/JPY held firm and is now higher as US yields rise in response to equity market gains and the recovery in risk appetite,’ MUFG notes.

We have been running a short EUR/JPY trade idea but have closed this given the limited JPY strength this week. We see a number of factors that may extend further this spell of JPY weakness over the short-term,” MUFG adds.

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Kenny Fisher

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