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Bloomberg Analysis Points to ¥10 Trillion in Japan Yen Support as Markets Await MOF Figures

The MOF headline will help determine whether occasional market purchases can alter a yen decline driven by a wide US‑Japan interest‑rate gap.

Fed Minutes Signal Return of Rate‑Hike Risk as Yields Jump

BOJ Flags Possible June Rate Rise as Investors Reprice and Yields Surge

Japan Ramps Up Yen Defense With Suspected Interventions

Japan Intervenes to Prop Up Yen

U.S. Cool to Iran’s Hormuz Offer as Oil Tops $110

UK Inflation Climbs to 3.3% as Fuel Costs Surge After Hormuz Disruption

IMF Cuts Global Outlook as Gulf War Fuels Energy Shock and Rate-Hike Fears

Yen Slides to 160 per Dollar, Reviving Intervention Watch

Fed Holds Rates, Lifts 2026 Inflation Outlook as Oil Shock Darkens Path to Cuts

Israel Readies 100,000 Reservists as U.S.–Israeli Strikes on Iran Drive Regional Fallout

Japan Nominates Reflationists to BOJ Board as Ueda Keeps Near-Term Hike Option Open

Bank of Japan’s Tamura Says Inflation Is Sticky, Signals Room for Further Gradual Hikes

BOJ Flags Yen-Driven Inflation Risks as Takaichi Walks Back Weak-Yen Remarks Before Snap Election

Yen Rallies to Two-Month High After NY Fed Rate Checks Raise Intervention Risk

Japan Court Downgrades Charge in Fatal 194 kph Crash as California Joins WHO Outbreak Network

Gold Nears $5,000, Silver Tops $100 as Dollar Slides and Yen Whipsaws on Intervention Talk

Japan Bonds Rebound as BOJ Meets and Election Tax Pledge Tests Fiscal Nerves

BOJ Absent From Global Statement Backing Powell After U.S. Legal Threat

Japan Real Wages Drop 2.8% in November as Bonus Slump Deepens Pay Squeeze