Last time this happened was around 1997

    Coincidentally, USDJPY also broke above 160 as well

    https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1szmcnx

    Posted by cave_guard

    10 Comments

    1. SnooHedgehogs5162 on

      Bullish. If they hike rate more money will leave US market into Nikkei 225.

    2. can someone who didn’t eat crayons today please explain this who Japan currency thing to me please?

      help a noobie out please

    3. Can somebody explain me how Japan will sustain their 200% of GDP dept with such rates ?

    4. Opposite_Day_9771 on

      Yen carry trade dead yet? What happens when they dump US treasuries to buy oil?

    5. hello, UKpoor here. since £1 is ¥215, I find Japanese stocks very cheap compared to US companies.

    6. USD basket going up(over the past few days), JPY basket going down(for a while) leads to that USDJPY action. Crazy that the 10yr yields are pumping in the face of that.

    7. No_Feeling920 on

      They can probably keep the lights on by restarting yield curve control, but crude going up in USD and JPY going down in USD will make energy costs prohibitive (inhibitive) at some point (as well as many other imported basic materials).

      Or they can try selling off their UST/USD reserves (and buy back JPY) to boost JPYUSD, but that can’t be done forever and Trump/Bessent won’t like it at all, as they also want lower market yields on USTs.

      Anyway, the average Japanese citizen is only getting poorer from this.

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