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US Rate Moves Still Dominating Correlations With JPY

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USD/JPY correlations against US and Japan yields still remain dominated by the US leg, at least per swap rates. In the past month USD/JPY spot correlations with US-JP 10yr swap differentials sit at 96%, while for 2yr differentials it sits slightly lower.

  • Breaking this up into US and JP legs, shows that USD/JPY remains strongly positive correlated with US swap rate moves, both around 96% for the 2yr and 10yr.
  • For Japan's 10yr swap rate the correlation has dipped slightly into negative territory, -14%, but is strongly positive for the 2yr, which is somewhat counter intuitive (i.e. higher Japan swap rates correlate with higher USD/JPY levels).
  • This of course could change as we approach the next BoJ meeting in March (19th), but for now US rate trends are dominating.
  • We did see some yen strength yesterday associated with the CPI beat, but this was not sustianed once US yields started to recover.

Fig 1: USD/JPY Versus US-JP 10yr Swap Rate Differential

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg

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