More often than not, central banks have little to gain by shocking markets.
That said, on occasion, the element of surprise can be a useful policy tool, Rabobank’s senior FX strategist Jane Foley notes. USD/JPY bears push to test 145 “Earlier this year, the SNB took full advantage of an unprepared market by cutting rates to undermine the value of the CHF after Swiss CPI inflation fell back to the central bank’s target.
” “This reappraisal has had a significant impact on the value of the Japanese Yen . In the coming sessions key Japanese economic data releases could either vindicate or undermine the hawkish signals provided by the BoJ. This week’s coincident surge in market expectations about the number of Fed rate cuts before the end of this year has added to the downside pressure on USD/JPY.” “Our medium-term target is USD/JPY145.
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