
Verbal intervention fails as USD/JPY hits 161.9
USD/JPY slid to 161.9 proving talk fails. Flash PMI hit 52.5, yet input costs surge. Vikram analyzes why markets ignore rhetoric.

USD/JPY slid to 161.9 proving talk fails. Flash PMI hit 52.5, yet input costs surge. Vikram analyzes why markets ignore rhetoric.

Nonbank liquidity drives USD/JPY past Japan's $73 billion defense line. See why the market views 161.99 as a green light, not a ceiling.

USD/JPY targets 161.95 as the Strait of Hormuz stays closed. With Japan's growth slashed to 0.5%, intervention lacks real liquidity to stop the trend.