07 August 2024 Renewed Slump in Japanese Yen Drives Corrective Rebound in GBP/JPY

The Japanese yen slumped on Wednesday, lifting GBP/JPY from 2024 lows, after an influential policymaker said its July rally and recent global market volatility could prevent the Bank of Japan from …

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26 April 2024 Pound-Yen Rate Leaps to 2015 Highs on Limp Bank of Japan Statement

The Japanese Yen was sold across the board after the Bank of Japan confirmed it would continue with an age-old policy of ultra-low interest rates and continue to buy government bonds.

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19 December 2023 Japanese Yen Falls On Fears Bank of Japan is Sleepwalking Into Forever-NIRP

The Japanese Yen fell by over half a per cent after the Bank of Japan maintained settings at its December policy update and gave no indication it was close to exiting its Negative Interest Rate Pol…

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07 December 2023 Japanese Yen Surges 1% Against Pound & Dollar As Investors Count Down To NIRP's Demise

The Japanese Yen rallied by a per cent against the major currencies after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said policy management would "become even more challenging from the year-end and heading …

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31 October 2023 Yen Falls Against Dollar and Pound As Bank of Japan "Doesn't Play Along"

The Yen fell by more than half a per cent against key rivals after the Bank of Japan's tweaks to its policy settings disappointed a market looking for a more robust response to the country's above-…

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28 July 2023 Japanese Yen Turns GBP/JPY Lower after Bank of Japan Lifts Bond Yields 

The Pound to Yen exchange rate was the biggest faller among Sterling pairs early in the final session of the week after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said it would enhance the sustainability of its Yield…

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20 July 2023 Pound to Yen Losses and GBP/USD Volatility Possible On Any July BoJ Surprise

The Pound to Yen exchange rate is the biggest riser of the Sterling pairs for the year but could be turned on its head by month-end if the Bank of Japan (BoJ) surprises financial markets in calling…

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04 July 2023 Japanese Yen Has Most to Gain in EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY if BoJ Squashes Carry Trade

The Japanese Yen stabilised against the Pound, Dollar, Euro and others in opening the new month but remained near landmark lows and would likely have most to gain from the single currency and Sterl…

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28 June 2023 Japanese Yen Risks Could Grow Further if Inflation Gets Away from BoJ

  The Japanese Yen has reached milestone lows against some counterparts and prompted increased speculation about the risk of another intervention to stem the declines but any support for the cu…

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20 June 2023 Japanese Yen Tipped for BoJ Driven Recovery but BoE Offers Cautionary Tale

The Japanese Yen is close to the biggest fallers on the market for a second year running and while forecasters say an eventual shift in Bank of Japan (BpJ) interest rate policy should ultimately le…

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08 June 2023 Japanese Economic Recovery and BoJ Risks Imperil Pound to Yen Outlook

The Pound to Yen exchange rate climbed to its highest level since before the Brexit referendum in the opening week of June but new data revealing a strengthening Japanese economic recovery could po…

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28 April 2023 Pound to Yen Rate Nears 2022 Highs after BoJ Offers JPY On Cheap

The Pound to Japanese Yen exchange rate reached new highs for the year in the final session of the week to place it within arm's reach of 2022 highs after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) indicated that it …

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24 February 2023 Japanese Yen Risks Becoming Coal in the Currency Market's Fireplace 

The Japanese Yen was close to the bottom of the major currency bucket in the final session of the week but risks further losses and underperformance in the weeks ahead due to rising inflation and t…

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21 December 2022 Japanese Yen and BoJ's Decision to Yield: Analyst Views, Strategy and Forecasts

The Yen has surged with significantly increased trading in Japanese exchange rates amid speculation about a possible change in the longstanding Bank of Japan (BoJ) monetary policy stance but analys…

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20 December 2022 Japanese Yen Could Drive GBP/JPY Sub-158 as BoJ Eases Up On Yields

The Yen surged across the board after the Bank of Japan (BoJ) unexpectedly increased the upper limit for the 10-year government bond yield in a surprise decision that is potentially a game changer …

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09 December 2022 Material Japanese Yen Rally Likely if BoJ Calls Last Orders to Bond Market 

The Japanese Yen was the market's heaviest faller during the big U.S. Dollar rally of this year but it has performed better in recent weeks and would be likely to benefit from a material rally if n…

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02 December 2022 Japanese Yen Drives GBP/JPY Near November Low; U.S. Yields and BoJ Cited 

The Yen led other currencies higher in the final session of the week with a continued rally against a retreating Dollar in which the Japanese currency pushed Sterling near to its November low amid …

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28 October 2022 Softer Japanese Yen Supports GBP/JPY Near Six Year High but Top Seen Nearby

The Japanese Yen was an underperformer among major currencies ahead of the weekend and the in the process helped to keep GBP/JPY buoyant near six year highs reached earlier in October, although som…

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21 October 2022 Pound Rallies on Spectacular Yen Surge amid Reports of Japanese Intervention

The Pound to Dollar exchange rate surged into the London close on Friday amid a spectacular rally from the Japanese Yen that appeared to drive a market-wide slump in Dollar exchange rates and was f…

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22 September 2022 Japanese Yen and Other Currencies Soar amid Reports of Intervention from Tokyo 

The Japanese Yen rallied sharply against all currencies on Thursday following reports suggesting the government in Tokyo had intervened in the foreign exchange market in order to stem declines in a…

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