Japan's economy minister, Minoru Kiuchi, said during Friday’s European trading session that the government will not interfere in Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) decisions on monetary policy.
USD/JPY remained largely unchanged as markets await further guidance from the BoJ, with a December hike already largely priced in. Pair was last seen at 155.06 levels, OCBC's FX analysts Frances Cheung and Christopher Wong note.
The Japanese Yen (JPY) is strengthening again, up 0.3% against the US Dollar (USD) as USD/JPY moves back toward Monday’s lows and threatens a broader retracement of its mid-November weakness, Scotiabank's Chief FX Strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret report.