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USD/JPY Printed 155.00 and Gave Back 101 Pips Before Tokyo Opened — On Oil, Not on Japan
USD/JPY touched 155.00 overnight for the first time since 7 September and was back at 153.99 before the Tokyo open. The chain that did it: a ship struck in the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia shutting its 7-million-barrel East-West pipeline, the US 10-year through 5% for the first time since 2023 — then four presidential posts that unwound the lot. Three publishers give three different highs for the same barrel, four dollars apart, and three feeds give the Fed hike at 85%, 90% and 93%. Tokyo opens at 154.36 with the spec book flat.
Tuesday's 20-Year Auction Settles on Bank of Japan Day. Last Month's Tailed Half a Basis Point.
Treasury's own tentative schedule confirms the 20-year bond auction for Tuesday 15 September, settling Friday 18 September — Bank of Japan day. Last month's $18bn went at 5.204% against a 5.199% when-issued, a half-basis-point tail with 62.93% indirects. Last week's 3-year, 10-year and 30-year all settle Tuesday, the day the FOMC convenes. None of it is on your FX calendar.
Speculators Flipped 103,023 Contracts and the Yen Is Net Long Going Into BOJ Week
For four sessions this desk tracked a yen short of 92,227 contracts and asked what would happen when it was squeezed. Friday's COT answered: a 103,023-contract swing to a net long of 10,796. Tokyo opens the biggest policy week of the month at 153.74 with the crowded side of the trade gone — the Fed on Wednesday at 18:00 UTC and a fully priced Bank of Japan hike on Friday. Why a flat book changes what a priced hike can do to you.
A 70% Priced Hike, a 12:30 Print About August, and Brent Down 4.4% Since This Morning
The Fed is about 70% priced for next week, the BOJ fully priced for 17–18 September, and the ECB is being priced for October. Today's 12:30 print measures August — while Brent has fallen from $108.50 at 06:00 UTC to $103.76 at 11:45, two vendors agreeing, with no sourceable reason. Why the highest-probability CPI outcome resolves nothing.
Japan Beat the 7.4% Consensus With a 7.6% That Was Also a Slowdown — and Copper, Not Oil, Did Most of It
The Bank of Japan's own release has August corporate goods prices at +7.6% year on year against a 7.4% consensus — but July was revised up from +7.2% to +7.7%, so the beat is also a deceleration, and the month itself printed −0.2%. The largest contributor was non-ferrous metals at +43.3%, not petroleum. Plus Britain doubling its GDP consensus at 06:00 UTC for four pips, and a US CPI consensus three vendors cannot agree on.
The Yen Rally Ended on Day Six — and Tokyo's Own Producer Prices Print at 23:50 UTC
Five sessions of yen buying into a wall of dollar-positive news, then a squeeze on the sixth: USD/JPY traded 153.85–154.67 and Gaitame's morning range is 153.600–155.300. Japan's own producer prices land at 23:50 UTC expected at 7.4% year on year — two full points hotter than the American PPI that moved the dollar. Why a five-day trend ending on day six is the exact shape that costs money.
The BOJ Board Member We Could Not Name Yesterday Is Masu — and He Argued for More Hikes
Yesterday we cut the name because three sources gave three identities. The Bank of Japan's own page settles it: board member Masu, in Fukui at 01:30 UTC, arguing that real rates are still negative and the policy rate should keep rising. USD/JPY answered with a 46-pip Tokyo range. The rate story that can actually move today is the 30-year reopening at 17:00 UTC.
Tokyo Printed the Yen's Best Level and New York Took It Back — Brent at $99 Is Why
USD/JPY printed 152.89 in Tokyo hours — the yen's strongest since February — then closed New York in the mid-153s after a 154.42 high. What reversed it was not Japanese: Brent hit $99 on strikes against Saudi energy facilities, and Japan sourced 95.9% of its crude from the Middle East in FY2024. A sizing problem for the Tokyo session.
A 98%-Priced BOJ Hike Cannot Explain a 4% Yen Rally — What Tokyo Is Handing London
USD/JPY traded to 153.53 in Asia, the yen's strongest since February and about 4% in six sessions — while a BOJ hike on 18 September is priced at 97–98%. A fully priced event cannot explain the move. Here is what is actually driving it, and what it means for size into the London open.