The renewed appreciation of the yen over the past month has encouraged speculation that the Japanese currency will revisit the post-war record intraday high of 76.25 to the dollar seen on 17th March. However, while further gains are of course conceivable in the near term, we continue to expect the yen to fall back to 90 against the dollar by year-end, from current levels of around 81.
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