Week in FX Asia- Will Yen Buyers Wait For Muto?

It looks like a percentage of the market wants to reload by selling yen and going long dollars and euros. These are the same individuals who had off loaded similar positions ahead of the G20 meeting. Their change of heart has followed the news of the G20 communiqué, which does not take a strong stance on Japan’s yen weakening policies. Also fueling their desires to short yen again was Friday’s strong US Empire manufacturing report. From a technical perspective, the market is encroaching on large option barriers right hand-side for USD/JPY (94 &94.50).

Is there anything that can stop this selling of yen? Perhaps the knee-jerk reaction will come when the next new Governor of the Bank of Japan is appointed. If ex-MoF and BoJ official Muto becomes the chosen one, the market will initially see him as being less in favor of easing, allowing the market to buy back some of this yen. In the end it really does not matter who will be appointed Governor. Everyone eventually will have to fall in line with Abenomics.

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