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Yen on intervention watch as Tokyo holiday thins liquidity, a recipe the Ministry of Finance likes!

Yen on intervention watch as Tokyo holiday thins liquidity, a recipe the Ministry of Finance likes!. USD/JPY trading near 162.50 with Tokyo closed for a holiday puts the pair firmly back in territory that has previously drawn Ministry of Fi

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Yen on intervention watch as Tokyo holiday thins liquidity, a recipe the Ministry of Finance likes!. USD/JPY trading near 162.50 with Tokyo closed for a holiday puts the pair firmly back in territory that has previously drawn Ministry of Fi

Yen on intervention watch as Tokyo holiday thins liquidity, a recipe the Ministry of Finance likes!

Lead Yen on intervention watch as Tokyo holiday thins liquidity, a recipe the Ministry of Finance likes!. USD/JPY trading near 162.50 with Tokyo closed for a holiday puts the pair firmly back in territory that has previously drawn Ministry of Fi

Context USD/JPY trading near 162.50 with Tokyo closed for a holiday puts the pair firmly back in territory that has previously drawn Ministry of Finance action, and the reduced liquidity typical of a Japanese holiday session raises the risk of outsized moves in either direction. Trading will continue through the Asian day via Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia and New Zealand, but with Tokyo desks absent, order books tend to thin out, a dynamic authorities have exploited before to maximise the impact of any intervention. Given that Japan's record ¥11.73 trillion intervention in April and May this year…

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