<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>I don’t think much else needs to be said at this point. The lack of any intervention signals from Japan officials today is seeing USD/JPY buyers whet their appetite for a push higher. The pair is now up nearly 1% to 151.50 levels, reaching fresh highs in 32 years.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>As mentioned earlier, there’s a long way to go before the 1990 highs at 160.40 so that leaves plenty of room to roam to the upside. The only thing to be wary about is intervention play. But as the fundamentals remain unchanged, the MOF and BOJ themselves have to be wary as every attempt that they will set out from here will lose effectiveness over time.</p>

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<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The latest numbers are showing that Rishi Sunak has secured the backing of 45 Tory lawmakers, with Boris Johnson having 37 backers, and Penny Mordaunt with 16 backers. These are MPs who have made declarations publicly but it is being said that Johnson’s allies are ‚confident‘ he can secure the 100 backers needed to get his name on the ballot paper.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The three mentioned are the favourites in the race to replace Liz Truss, with candidates having until Monday 2pm local time to secure 100 nominations in order to contest the prime minister seat.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>This is from The Telegraph:</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>Nadine Dorries, the former culture secretary who is backing Mr Johnson, said: “I am quite confident he will get the 100 signatures.” </p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>Meanwhile, an anonymous Cabinet minister told Sky News that they would “expect” Mr Johnson to hit the 100 number while a supporter of the former premier told Tortoise: „We have the 100 to nominate.“</p>

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<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>And so it continues. The pandemic was the initial trigger for Germany suspending its debt brake and things haven’t really gotten back on track since then. Considering the bleak outlook for next year, we could see things continue down this path for quite a while yet. 10-year German bund yields are at 2.50% today, its highest since 2011:</p>

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<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>10-year Treasury yields are now up over 5 bps to 4.28% and that is pinning equities lower, with S&P 500 futures now down 22 points, or 0.6%, on the day. Nasdaq futures are suffering the most, down 0.9% as tech sentiment suffers from higher yields. European indices are also seen struggling with the DAX down 1.6%, CAC 40 down 1.7%, and UK FTSE down 0.8% at the moment.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>In turn, this is translating into fresh bids for the dollar as it moves to session highs against most major currencies. USD/JPY is one as it pushes to 150.78, its highest levels in 32 years as noted <a target=“_blank“ href=“https://www.forexlive.com/news/the-shackles-are-starting-to-come-off-again-for-usdjpy-20221021/“ target=“_blank“>here</a>. Meanwhile, EUR/USD has also moved down from 0.9800 earlier to 0.9770 again.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>As for more risk-sensitive currencies, we are seeing AUD/USD fall to near 0.6250 as sellers lean on the key hourly moving averages earlier to stay in near-term control:</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>Meanwhile, GBP/USD is also slumping as it is down 0.7% to 1.1145 as price falls to a fresh one-week low amid a firmer dollar and a lack of confidence in the UK outlook for the pound:</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>After the early optimism in the opening two days of this week, it looks like broader market sentiment is starting to get a bit nervous ahead of the key central bank meetings coming up in the next two weeks.</p>

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<p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The pair is now moving up to 150.70 as the dollar is pressing higher amid a softer mood in equities while bond yields are continuing to stay underpinned on the day. That is the highest levels since 1990 for USD/JPY as the shackles are coming undone.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>The highs seen back in 1990 were at 160.40 so that leaves plenty of room to roam to the upside for the pair as the fundamental outlook remains unchanged. The only thing to be mindful about is intervention by Japanese officials but they’d also have to be wary considering how markets know that all the factors dictate that the path of least resistance is still for a move higher in the pair.</p><p style=““ class=“text-align-justify“>At this point, it will take some form of pivot by the BOJ to really save the yen. Otherwise, it’s hard to imagine how traders are not going to try and punish the narrative.</p>

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