The Japanese yen may continue to see weakness against the U.S. dollar if the policies of the Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve continue to diverge, said Wells Fargo Securities’ Brendan McKenna.
“We certainly see a move up through 130, we think that’s possible,” McKenna told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Wednesday.
“Assuming BOJ policymakers stay committed to their easy monetary policy … framework, we think a move up towards maybe 135 [yen per dollar] could be likely within the very near future,” the foreign exchange strategist said.
The yen fell nearly 6% against the greenback in March and is continuing to see losses in April.
The Japanese currency has struggled for gains against the dollar amid expectations the Bank of Japan will lag its peers, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, in normalizing monetary policy.
On Wednesday, the yen saw a partial recovery against the dollar after the Bank of Japan said it would offer to buy an unlimited amount of 10-year Japanese government bonds at 0.25%. It last traded around 128.20 per dollar, representing a more than 5% slide against the greenback so far this month.
The renewed uptick in the US Treasury yields is helping the greenback stage a decent comeback so far during this Thursday’s Asian trading. Meanwhile, the pair also benefits from a better market mood, reflective of the 0.36% advance in the S&P 500 futures.
Next of relevance for the major remains the Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s appearance at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) event on Thursday for fresh hints on the tightening plans, which will impact the USD valuations, in turn, the USD/JPY pair.
In the meantime, the risk flows and the US dollar price action will continue to remain the key drivers.
Despite the recent weakness, Bank of Singapore’s Sim Moh Siong says the Japanese currency is “still quite some distance from the alarm bells set off.”
Japanese authorities have so far resorted to verbal intervention rather than the historical method of selling dollars and buying yen, said Sim, a currency strategist at the firm.
For now, the Bank of Japan appears prepared to “stay dovish by buying an unlimited amount of bonds,” he said.
“If you look at the historical episodes … the intervention level tends to cluster around the 127 to 132 levels,” he said. “I suspect we probably need a higher level in terms of dollar-yen to prompt intervention.”
USD/JPY Long (Buy) Enter at: 128.924 T.P_1: 131.064 T.P_2: 135.000 T.P_3: 138.260 T.P_4: 142.814 S.L: 126.349
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