Kit Juckes, Chief Global FX Strategist, analyzes JPY outlook ahead of the BoJ meeting.
Friday’s BoJ meeting is widely seen as a non-event, with no change to either rates or yield curve control expected. But USD/JPY tracks yield differentials as closely as ever and whatever the Fed does, we like buying 5-year Notes into any weakness here.
USD/JPY could trundle slightly higher on a non-event meeting, but it would fall sharply if anything changed.