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The Japanese yen is holding near a one-month low against the US dollar, with USD/JPY anchored around 151.50, after Thursday's US Producer Price Index reading came in at 0.4% month-over-month — double the 0.2% consensus — reinforcing market expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep rates elevated for longer.
Renewed Middle East hostilities added cross-current pressure, drawing some safe-haven demand toward the yen, but not enough to offset the dollar's structural yield advantage.
Rate Differential: The Real Driver The Bank of Japan's continued commitment to ultra-loose monetary policy remains the structural floor under dollar strength, and has been for some time.
While the Fed's aggressive tightening cycle has pushed US Treasury yields meaningfully higher, the BoJ's yield curve control program leaves Japanese rates pinned near zero — widening the gap that carry traders have been mining for months.
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