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USD/JPY to eye a drop back below 150 by year-end?
USD/JPY to eye a drop back below 150 by year-end?. In case you missed it, from earlier: BofA cuts USD/JPY year-end forecast to 149 after intervention This adds to their previous quick take that the joint action by the US and Japan has remov
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USD/JPY to eye a drop back below 150 by year-end?. In case you missed it, from earlier: BofA cuts USD/JPY year-end forecast to 149 after intervention This adds to their previous quick take that the joint action by the US and Japan has remov
USD/JPY to eye a drop back below 150 by year-end?
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USD/JPY to eye a drop back below 150 by year-end?. In case you missed it, from earlier: BofA cuts USD/JPY year-end forecast to 149 after intervention This adds to their previous quick take that the joint action by the US and Japan has remov
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In case you missed it, from earlier: BofA cuts USD/JPY year-end forecast to 149 after intervention This adds to their previous quick take that the joint action by the US and Japan has removed the "ultimate constraint" on intervention. Given the situation, they have revised down their USD/JPY forecast for Q3 2026 to 153 (previously 154) and year-end target to 149 (previously 152). BofA notes that: "The Japanese and US authorities conducted a coordinated FX intervention on 31 July. Both governments have acknowledged that the intervention was carried out. While the amount of yen buying by the US …
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