Japan’s policymakers have sat on their hands and watched the yen climb to new highs since intervening in foreign exchange markets earlier this month. We expect recent financial market turmoil to be the catalyst that forces authorities to act to both weaken the yen and support the economy. Intervention is now extremely likely but will only be successful if backed up by significant monetary easing.
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