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USD/JPY retraces after yen intervention as yield caps loom

BBH says rising global yields and firmer oil have pulled 30-year US Treasury yields back near pre-buyback levels, while Bessent’s buyback and intervention framing limits the downside for bets against Treasuries and the yen.

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Brown Brothers Harriman’s analyst Elias Haddad said the impact of recent yen intervention appears to have faded, with USD/JPY largely retracing its post-intervention slump.

Haddad added that rising global bond yields and firmer oil prices have pushed 30-year US Treasury yields back toward pre-buyback levels, a shift that affects how investors position around US rates.

The analysis points to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s comments around an unscheduled Treasury buyback as a key factor shaping market expectations. BBH said the move was intended as a signal rather than a direct attempt to dictate prices, and Haddad argues it effectively caps longer-term Treasury yields and USD/JPY.

In the same framework, Haddad says the logic likely extends to yen intervention as well, making it more costly to position against Treasuries or the Japanese yen (JPY) on longer time horizons.

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