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Yen slips to 160.20 per dollar as Fed tightening signals lift yields

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The yen weakened beyond 160 per dollar as renewed expectations for Fed tightening boosted U.S. yields and the dollar, blunting the effect of Japan's recent $98.7bn intervention. Rising Japanese 10-year yields to a 30-year high underscores mounting domestic stress from depreciation. Focus now shifts to the G20, where U.S. officials' remarks are being read as support for further BOJ tightening and fiscal discipline to contain yen weakness.
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● High
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NCFXUSD2JPY/USDT+0.32%
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▼ Bearish
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The yen fell to 160.20 per dollar after the Federal Reserve chair signaled openness to raising interest rates, pushing up U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar. Japan has already spent a record $98.7 billion intervening to support the currency, but the yen remains under pressure. Japan’s 10-year government bond yield rose to a fresh 30-year high of 2.95% the same day. Markets are watching the upcoming G20 finance chiefs meeting for possible U.S. pressure on Japan to keep fiscal discipline and for the BOJ to raise rates.