Japanese Yen rallies vs USD amid looming intervention risks

The post British Pound retreats from multi-year highs as JPY strengthens appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The GBP/JPY cross attracted heavy selling on Friday, snapping a two-day winning streak to the highest level since January 2008, around the 218.00 mark set the previous day. The intraday descent drags spot prices below the 217.00 mark during the first half of the European session amid a broadly firmer Japanese Yen (JPY). The Japanese Yen (JPY) rallies across the board after Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said that the government plans to encourage pension funds to increase their holdings of domestic financial assets. She added that the government anticipates gradual increases in interest rates as it pursues a proactive fiscal policy stance, and that she wants to speed up discussions on expanding JGB products aimed specifically at households. A larger and steadier base of long-horizon domestic buyers could help absorb increased bond issuance tied to Japan’s fiscal expa

The post British Pound surrenders early gains as US Dollar regains ground appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The British Pound (GBP) gives back its early gains and turns almost flat around 1.3410 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Friday. The GBP/USD pair falls back as the US Dollar regains ground amid fears that the restart of the war between the United States (US) and Iran would last long. US Dollar Price Today The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the weakest against the Japanese Yen. USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF USD -0.02% -0.03% -0.44% -0.00% -0.04% -0.21% -0.06% EUR 0.02% -0.01% -0.41% 0.02% -0.03% -0.19% -0.04% GBP 0.03% 0.01% -0.39% 0.03% -0.02% -0.17% -0.04% JPY 0.44% 0.41% 0.39% 0.44% 0.40% 0.21% 0.36% CAD 0.00% -0.02% -0.03% -0.44% -0.04% -0.21% -0.07% AUD 0.04% 0.03% 0.02% -0.40% 0.04% -0.17% -0.06% NZD 0.21% 0.19% 0.17% -0.21% 0.21% 0.17% 0.13% CHF 0.06% 0.04%

The post USD/JPY Price Forecast: Dollar finds resistance at the 161.75 previous support appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The US Dollar (USD) holds losses below 161.75 against the Japanese Yen (JPY) on Friday following a 100-pip reversal earlier on the day. Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama announced a plan to boost pension funds’ investment in domestic assets, which sent the Yen surging across the board during the Asian trading session. Katayama said on Friday that the government wants the giant Japanese pension funds, which manage more than USD 1.8 trillion in assets, to redirect their investment into the domestic market. The market has seen this plan as more effective than interventions to support the Yen, and the immediate reaction was a strong JPY recovery. The US Dollar, on the other hand, remains moderately soft, amid rumours that Qatar and Pakistan are working to bring US and Iran back to the negotiating table. Beyond that, the release of the minutes of June’s Feder

The post Japanese Yen: Policy shift talk supports JPY – MUFG appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. MUFG’s Derek Halpenny notes the Japanese Yen is leading G10 gains after Finance Minister Katayama unexpectedly urged households and the GPIF to increase investments in Japanese financial assets. He stresses these policy shifts will take time, with Bank of Japan (BoJ) credibility still crucial before domestic investors materially reallocate from foreign assets back into JGBs, limiting near-term Yen impact. Katayama comments lift Japanese Yen “The yen is the top performing G10 currency today with the move triggered by a remark at a regular press conference by Finance Minister Katayama.” “In discussing government investment plans Katayama stated that it was now a government priority to “encourage households, as well as pension funds including the GPIF, to increase their investments in Japanese financial assets”. This has come from nowhere and hence the surprise has had a notable impact not ju

The post Japanese Yen rises as Japan urges pension funds to invest in domestic assets appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The USD/JPY pair tumbles to around 161.50 during the early European trading hours on Friday. The Japanese Yen (JPY) edges higher against the US Dollar (USD) after the reports that Japan plans to encourage pension funds to increase their holdings of domestic financial assets. Japan’s Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said that the government is pursuing measures that would include the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to make “substantially greater investments in Japanese financial assets,” per Reuters. Analysts said this move could offer greater support to ‌the battered currency than intervention. Traders reduce their bets of a rate hike from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) this year, weighing on the Greenback against the JPY. New York Fed President John Williams said on Thursday that despite the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East, he was not looking

The post Pound Sterling Price News and Forecast: GBP gains ground to near 1.3430 early European session appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The GBP/USD pair trades in positive territory around 1.3430 during the early European trading hours on Friday. The UK government leadership transition and growing expectations of further Bank of England (BoE) interest rate hikes underpin the British Pound (GBP) against the US Dollar (USD). Andy Burnham’s path to becoming the next UK prime minister looks certain after a vast majority of Labour MPs formally nominated him to be the next party leader. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that 322 of 403 Labour members of Parliament voted for Burnham at the end of the first day of the party’s leadership contest to replace Keir Starmer. Burnham is expected to formally become Prime Minister on July 20. Read more… British Pound gains traction above 1.3400 as markets bet on BoE rate hikes The GBP/USD pair gathers strength to around 1.3430 during the Asian tradin

The post Australian Dollar holds mid-0.6900s as weak USD meets Iran risks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The AUD/USD pair attracts buyers for the second straight day and climbs to a two-and-a-half-week top, around the 0.6970 area, during the Asian session on Friday. Spot prices, however, retreat a few pips in the last hour and currently trade around mid-0.6900s, still up 0.10% for the day. Against the backdrop of Wednesday’s less hawkish FOMC Minutes, hopes for diplomacy to ease tensions in the Middle East drag the safe-haven US Dollar (USD) to an over one-week low and act as a tailwind for the AUD/USD pair. US President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that Iran had called to make a deal with the US. Furthermore, a White House official signaled that the US is still committed to the memorandum of understanding with Iran as technical talks over Tehran’s nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz continue. However, the geopolitical risk premium remains in play amid renewed fig

The post Gold flatlines above $4,100 as soft USD meets Fed hike bets, Iran risk appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Gold (XAU/USD) reverses a modest Asian session dip to the $4,109-$4,108 region on Friday, though it lacks bullish conviction. The US Dollar (USD) selling remains unabated for the third consecutive day in the wake of Wednesday’s less hawkish FOMC Minutes and offers some support to the commodity. However, prospects of a US Federal Reserve (Fed) rate hike in 2026 remain active. This, along with geopolitical uncertainties, could limit USD losses, warranting some caution before positioning for an extension of the recovery from a one-week low set on Wednesday. The minutes from the June 16–17 FOMC meeting, released on Wednesday, revealed that policymakers were divided over the direction of interest rates. The minutes further stated that many participants indicated the appropriate level of the federal funds rate would be within or slightly below the current target range at the e