JPY Weekly · USD/JPY: Fresh warning against yen weakness
中文标题
日元周报 · 美元/日元：对日元疲软发出新警告
Core conclusion · Tlines extraction
MUFG reports USD/JPY opened the week at 156.98, rose to 159.03 on Fed hike expectations, then pulled back below 158.50 after Finance Minister Katayama's warning. A clear break of the 200-day moving average near 158.50 would put 160 back in reach. A December BOJ hike is seen as likely, but the policy gap persists, and officials flag possible coordinated intervention.
- Institution
- MUFG
- Published
- 09/28/2026
- Research topic
- US Dollar (DXY) · USD/JPY · Fed Policy
- Time horizon
- this year
Key arguments
- Fed hike expectations drove broad dollar strength; October FOMC hike pricing rose to around 70%.
- BOJ raised its policy rate to 1.25% but two dissents and vague guidance contrasted with the Fed's unanimous decision.
- December is now seen as the likely timing for the next BOJ hike, so the US-Japan policy gap is unlikely to narrow soon.
- Japan's first public disclosure of concern over yen weakness at the leaders' level could be viewed as fresh verbal intervention.
Key numbers
- USD/JPY weekly open
- 156.98
- USD/JPY weekly high
- 159.03
- 200-day moving average
- around 158.50
- BOJ policy rate
- 1.25%
- October FOMC hike pricing
- around 70%
Main risks
- Japanese authorities may intervene, potentially in coordination with the US, to curb yen weakness.
- Conventional intervention involving outright UST sales is more difficult after the 10y UST yield broke above 5.20%.
- The Fed's Foreign and International Monetary Authorities Repo Facility, discussed in August, may be considered as an intervention tool.
Corresponding source evidence
Broad dollar strength continued after the holiday on 24 September, supported in part by expectations that the Fed could bring forward its next rate hike, and the USD/JPY rose to a high of 159.03.
Cross -yen rates have remained broadly flat over this period, suggesting that the yen selling immediately after last week's BOJ monetary policy meeting has run its course.
However, the contrast between US and Japanese monetary policy is likely one reason the yen has failed to keep pace with the dollar's gains.
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