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Free AccessUSD/JPY Clings Onto Post-U.S. CPI Losses Despite Recovery In U.S. Tsy Yields
Spot USD/JPY plunged Wednesday as U.S. CPI inflation slowed more than forecast, prompting participants to dial back Fed rate-hike bets.
- U.S. Tsy yields tumbled in reaction to the inflation report but gradually trimmed losses as the day progressed, with Fed's Kashkari & Evans noting that they still expect rate hikes to continue into next year.
- USD/JPY remained at depressed levels, with the area near Y133.00 capping recovery attempts, despite aforesaid recovery in U.S. Tsy yields. By contrast, as the spot rate retreated, risk reversals pulled back from multi-week highs, with 1-year skews returning below par after a brief foray above zero.
- Note that U.S./Japan yield gaps have served as a key driver of USD/JPY price action this year, with participants monitoring growing policy divergence between the tightening Fed and the ultra-dovish BoJ.
- We would suggest that 2-Year and 10-Year yields are of particular interest from the perspective of relative monetary policy outlook. While 2-Year Tsys are more sensitive to Fed policy, 10-Year JGBs are targeted by the BoJ's YCC framework and thus come under the spotlight amidst any talk of prospective policy normalisation in Japan.
- USD/JPY has shown strong correlations with the moves in U.S./Japan 2-Year and 10-Year yield gaps over the past six months. That said, the past two months have seen those relationships break a tad as both 2-Year & 10-Year yield spreads failed to print higher highs as USD/JPY climbed to a new cyclical peak (Fig. 1).
- Strong performance from European & U.S. equity markets (also on the back of the U.S. inflation print) failed to sap strength from the safe-haven yen Wednesday, even as the VIX index slipped below 20 for the first time since April.
- Wednesday also brought the expected reshuffle of Prime Minister Kishida's Cabinet but all the details were leaked by local media outlets beforehand.
- As a reminder, Japanese financial markets are closed in observance of a public holiday. Domestic news flow remains centred around the administration rejig but has not provided any notable fresh insights on that matter.
- Spot USD/JPY last deals at Y132.79, a touch lower on the day. A dip through the 100-DMA, which kicks in at Y131.24, would shift technical focus to Aug 2 low/round figure support at Y130.41/00. Bulls look for a rebound above Y135.96, which represents the 61.8% retracement of the Jul 14 - Aug 2 downleg.
Fig. 1: USD/JPY vs. U.S./Japan 2-Year Yield Spread vs. U.S./Japan 10-Year Yield Spread
Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg
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