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update 2025.07.23 11:39
Japan's Ishiba is reported to step down by the end of August

update 2025.07.23 11:39

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday is reported to resign by the end of August. This follows the defeat of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the upper house in Sunday's election. 

Market reaction  

At the press time, the USD/JPY pair is up 0.31% on the day to trade at 147.11. 

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One of the Bank of Japan's mandates is currency control, so its moves are key for the Yen. The BoJ has directly intervened in currency markets sometimes, generally to lower the value of the Yen, although it refrains from doing it often due to political concerns of its main trading partners. The BoJ ultra-loose monetary policy between 2013 and 2024 caused the Yen to depreciate against its main currency peers due to an increasing policy divergence between the Bank of Japan and other main central banks. More recently, the gradually unwinding of this ultra-loose policy has given some support to the Yen.

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