On October 31, the Bank of Japan is scheduled to hold its Monetary Policy Committee meeting. Researchers and economists predict that policy won’t change, but opinions on whether to make another adjustment to Yield Curve Control (YCC) will differ. The benchmark 10-year JGB yield is getting close to reaching its …
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After falling to the 145.10 low, the USD/JPY pair is neutrally trading around 145.65 at the time of writing. Strong US retail sales led markets to expect a Fed rate move in November. BoJ’s divergent monetary policies are hurting the yen, which is unable to gain from strong GDP figures.The …
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