- Japan's Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura warned against speculative moves in the FX market, fueling speculations that the government may intervene to support the Japanese Yen.
- Adding to this, Japan's newly appointed Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said the government would monitor how rapid currency moves could potentially impact the economy and would take action if necessary.
- Furthermore, fears that Middle East tensions could turn into a wider conflict, which drives haven flows towards the JPY and drags the USD/JPY pair away from its highest level since August 16 touched on Monday.
- In the latest developments, Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel's port city of Haifa and a military base near the central city of Tel Aviv, while Israel bombed a couple of buildings in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
- The recent comments by Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, saying that the country is not in an environment for more rate increases, raised doubts over the Bank of Japan's ability to tighten further in the coming months.
- This, along with the uncertainty over the Japanese general elections on October 27, might act as a headwind for the JPY and offer support to the USD/JPY pair amid a short-term bullish tone around the US Dollar.
- Against the backdrop of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish remarks, the upbeat US jobs report dashed hopes for a more aggressive policy easing and kept the USD bulls elevated near a multi-week top.
- Traders now look forward to the release of the FOMC minutes on Wednesday and the key US inflation data – the consumer inflation figures and the Producer Price Index (PPI) on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
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