• USD/JPY was little changed after Friday's 150 EBS high was rebuffed

• This was 4th straight week near, but without a close above, 150

• Market threatened by return of MoF intervention to boost yen

• Yen not getting much help from BoJ, vows to stay ultra-easy

• Japan core inflation below 3% reported, overall 3.0% vs 3.2% last

• BoJ again stepping in to tamp down rising JGB yields with loans

• Fed no longer favored to hike rates again, but first cut pushed out

• Key kijun support rose to 148.73 from Oct. 3's spike low at 147.30

• With MoF and major resistance above 150, new longs look riskier

• Assuming anything like prior 2023 uptrend corrections reoccur

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