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Apr 13 - 10:55 PM

USD/JPY - Sees Bounce From 142.05 But Heavy Above 144

By Haruya Ida  —  Apr 13 - 08:38 PM

• USD/JPY continues to see volatile trading, up from 142.05 to 144.20 Friday

• Asia 144.36 to 143.17 EBS, volatility likely to continue on tariff news

• Focus now on electronics - Trump's next focus after steel, autos

• Concerns over the trade war could keep the yen better bid, trend up

• De-dollarization a major theme going forward? More so than US rate moves?

• US Treasury yields firm, 2s @3.933%, 10s @4.480%

• JGB yields not as much, 2s @0.604%, 10s @1.340%, rate differentials wider

• Heat-up in tariff war with China seen prompting moves out of US assets

• Nikkei up this morning following Wall St rally Friday but to last?

• Option expiries not a factor today, very small in area today

• Massive to the upside tomorrow however - 144.00 $1.8 bln, 145.00 $2.4 bln

• USD/JPY to trade in lower plane than seen just Thursday?

• IMM CTA data as of April 8 show JPY longs again up, up even more since?

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(Haruya Ida is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

Source:
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