Currencies

Yen’s Recent Rebound Has Limits With Month-End Reversal Expected

  • Currency pressured at end of every month since February
  • Traders see 150 per dollar level as BOJ intervention trigger

Japanese yen banknotes.

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
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The yen is under pressure once again as August draws to a close.

The currency has slumped against major trading peers in the final days of every month since February, and despite moments of brief respite, the trend is holding.