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USD/JPY holds steady despite Katayama verbal yen intervention warning

Scotiabank said the yen failed to catch a bid even after the Japanese finance minister warned of decisive action, with market focus on whether actual Yen buying follows.

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USD/JPY was little changed even after Japan Finance Minister Katayama issued strong verbal warnings about potential intervention, according to Scotiabank analysts Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret, cited by FXStreet.

The bank said markets appeared unimpressed because the emphasis has been on repeated rhetoric with limited impact from actual Yen buying, leaving the currency largely range-bound.

Scotiabank also pointed to a recent sentiment shift among local retail FX traders toward the yen, suggesting participants may be more attentive to intervention risk, even if that has not yet translated into visible strength versus the US dollar.

In FXStreet’s account, the analysts characterized Katayama’s latest language as among the strongest warnings of impending action in recent weeks, but they noted the exchange rate response has so far been muted.

Latest closeUSD/JPY 162.33 ▲0.2%

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