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BOJ’s Ueda: We will continue to raise rates as underlying inflation approaches 2%
Want to gauge neutral rate estimate taking into account accumulative impact of past rate hikes on financial conditions, domestic pricesHard to say anything clear about Japan’s neutral rate of interestTakeaway from this week’s meetings was to exchange views with other policymakers on how Middle East
Why it matters
USD/JPY (US Dollar / Japanese Yen) · Why linked: BOJ Governor Ueda signaling continued rate hikes directly impacts the yen carry trade and USDJPY direction. Market context: A hawkish BOJ stance that continues raising rates toward neutral supports yen strength and pressures USDJPY lower.
EWJ (Japan ETF) · Why linked: Rising domestic Japanese rates affect Japanese financial conditions and the broader Japanese equity outlook. Market context: BOJ continuing to normalize policy may strengthen the yen, which historically pressures Japanese exporter earnings.
How EWJ usually react
This story is too recent for its own reaction record — we score each asset against the actual price move 24h after publication. These are the long-run figures across every event we have tracked for them.
| Asset | Events | Avg max move | Closed lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| EWJ | 6 | +1.03% | 33% |
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