Why JPY will keep falling

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FX Intervention Begins, as the BoJ Feigns Innocence

The BoJ always struggles to match other central banks for excitement, and had an especially tough act to follow after the Fed’s 75bp hike. In the end, much like a subpar Marvel film, the biggest twist was saved for the end credits. No sooner had Governor Kuroda left the press briefing—having essentially promised business as usual—than the yen rallied suddenly, and sharply, against the dollar.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.