While the greenback has been rising higher, the Japanese yen tapped a 24-year low and Japan decided to intervene in foreign exchange markets (forex) for the first time since 1998. Reports say the Bank of Japan conducted the first forex intervention in 24 years, after the Japanese central bank kept its benchmark bank rate suppressed for quite some time. Following the intervention, the yen rallied as the U.S. dollar took a steep dive against the Japanese yen during Thursday’s trading sessions. However, the greenback has stepped back up to the plate and the yen’s recent gains are starting to waver.
The U.S. dollar has been a prominent force in the world of fiat currencies and just recently the Japanese yen tapped a 24-year low which pushed the Bank of Japan to intervene. Reuters detailed on Thursday that it was the first time the Japanese central bank stepped into forex markets since 1998 to revive the falling currency. It is the first buy-side intervention since 1998 as the Bank of Japan did sell yen using physical intervention methods in 2011.
Following the intervention, the Japanese yen rallied but the JPY/USD exchange rate still shows the yen is down a great deal against the greenback during the last six months. Speaking with marketwatch.com author Steve Goldstein, Michael Hewson, the chief markets analyst at CMC Markets U.K., is questioning the yen’s long-term decline.
“The big question is whether it will make a difference and change the long-term direction of the Japanese yen’s decline,” Hewson detailed on Thursday. “The 145/146 level does appear to be a level the Bank of Japan seems keen to defend at the moment given that last week’s rate check happened around similar levels.”
Chinese Yuan, EU’s Euro, and Many Other Fiat Currencies Take a Beating from the Robust Greenback — Yen’s Intervention Gains Start to Erode
The yen is not the only fiat currency struggling as the Chinese yuan has continued to depreciate against the greenback. After reaching parity with the U.S. dollar again this week, the European Union’s euro is now at $0.98 against the U.S. dollar at the time of writing.
Masato Kanda, Japan’s vice finance minister for international affairs, explained that the yen’s recent 24-year drop made it so officials “have taken decisive action in the exchange market.” At the time of writing, the U.S. dollar index chart (DXY) has skyrocketed to 111.448 and the yen’s gains during the morning trading sessions (ET) are slowly being erased. In addition to a large handful of fiat currencies, crypto assets, precious metals, and equities are taking a beating from the U.S. dollar as well on Thursday afternoon (ET).
What do you think about the Japanese yen sliding to a 24-year low and the Bank of Japan stepping in to fix the situation via forex markets? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.
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While the greenback has been rising higher, the Japanese yen tapped a 24-year low and Japan decided to intervene in foreign exchange markets (forex) for the first time since 1998. Reports say the Bank of Japan conducted the first forex intervention in 24 years, after the Japanese central bank kept its benchmark bank rate suppressed for quite some time. Following the intervention, the yen rallied as the U.S. dollar took a steep dive against the Japanese yen during Thursday’s trading sessions. However, the greenback has stepped back up to the plate and the yen’s recent gains are starting to waver.
The U.S. dollar has been a prominent force in the world of fiat currencies and just recently the Japanese yen tapped a 24-year low which pushed the Bank of Japan to intervene. Reuters detailed on Thursday that it was the first time the Japanese central bank stepped into forex markets since 1998 to revive the falling currency. It is the first buy-side intervention since 1998 as the Bank of Japan did sell yen using physical intervention methods in 2011.
Following the intervention, the Japanese yen rallied but the JPY/USD exchange rate still shows the yen is down a great deal against the greenback during the last six months. Speaking with marketwatch.com author Steve Goldstein, Michael Hewson, the chief markets analyst at CMC Markets U.K., is questioning the yen’s long-term decline.
“The big question is whether it will make a difference and change the long-term direction of the Japanese yen’s decline,” Hewson detailed on Thursday. “The 145/146 level does appear to be a level the Bank of Japan seems keen to defend at the moment given that last week’s rate check happened around similar levels.”
Chinese Yuan, EU’s Euro, and Many Other Fiat Currencies Take a Beating from the Robust Greenback — Yen’s Intervention Gains Start to Erode
The yen is not the only fiat currency struggling as the Chinese yuan has continued to depreciate against the greenback. After reaching parity with the U.S. dollar again this week, the European Union’s euro is now at $0.98 against the U.S. dollar at the time of writing.
Masato Kanda, Japan’s vice finance minister for international affairs, explained that the yen’s recent 24-year drop made it so officials “have taken decisive action in the exchange market.” At the time of writing, the U.S. dollar index chart (DXY) has skyrocketed to 111.448 and the yen’s gains during the morning trading sessions (ET) are slowly being erased. In addition to a large handful of fiat currencies, crypto assets, precious metals, and equities are taking a beating from the U.S. dollar as well on Thursday afternoon (ET).
What do you think about the Japanese yen sliding to a 24-year low and the Bank of Japan stepping in to fix the situation via forex markets? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.
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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not a direct offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or a recommendation or endorsement of any products, services, or companies. Bitcoin.com does not provide investment, tax, legal, or accounting advice. Neither the company nor the author is responsible, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services mentioned in this article.
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Yields on long-dated U.S. Treasuries have been erratic this year and this week, the 10-year Treasury yield crossed 3.5% for the first time in a decade. Following the Fed’s 75bps (basis points) rate hike, 10-year notes reached 3.642% and two-year Treasury notes jumped to a 15-year high at 4.090%. The curve between the two- and 10-year notes indicates the chances of a deep U.S. recession have grown stronger, and recent reports say bond traders have been “confronted with the wildest volatility of their careers.”
At the end of July, after the second consecutive quarter of negative gross domestic product (GDP), a number of economists and market strategists stressed that the U.S. is in a recession. However, the Biden administration disagreed and the White House published an article which defines the start of a recession from the National Bureau of Economic Research’s perspective. Additionally, red-hot inflation has been wreaking havoc on Americans, and market analysts believe that rising consumer prices also point to a recession in the United States.
One of the biggest signals, however, is the yield curve which measures long-term debt with short-term debt by monitoring two and 10-year Treasury note yields. Many analysts believe an inverted yield curve is one of the strongest signals that points to a recession. The inverted yield curve is unusual but not in 2022, as bond traders have been dealing with a crazy trading environment this year. This week, two- and 10-year Treasury note (T-note) yields broke records as the 10-year T-note surpassed 3.5% on September 19, for the first time since 2011. On the same day, the two-year T-note tapped a 15-year high reaching 3.97% for the first time since 2007.
Despite the fact that such bond market volatility is usually a sign of a weakening economy in the U.S., professional traders claim bond markets have been exciting and “fun.” Bloomberg authors Michael MacKenzie and Liz Capo McCormick say bond markets are “characterized by sudden and sweeping daily swings that are typically a favorable environment for traders and dealers.” Paul Hamill, the head of global fixed income, currencies, and commodities distribution at Citadel Securities agrees with the Bloomberg reporters.
“We are right in the sweet spot of rates really being an interesting market, with clients being excited to trade,” Hamill explained on Wednesday. “Everyone is spending all day talking to clients and talking to each other. It’s been fun.”
However, not everyone thinks the equity and bond market volatility is all fun and games. The chief strategist at bubbatrading.com, Todd ‘Bubba’ Horwitz, recently said that he expects to see “a 50 to 60 percent haircut” in equity markets. The recent U.S. Treasury yield fluctuations have given market strategists reasons to be concerned about looming economic issues. During the first week of September, Lead-Lag Report publisher and portfolio manager, Michael Gayed, warned that the erratic bond market could spark a sovereign debt crisis and “several black swans.”
Studies and empirical evidence show a volatile U.S. Treasury note market is not good for foreign countries holding U.S. T-notes and dealing with significant debt issues. That’s because when U.S. T-notes are leveraged for restructuring purposes and a resolution tool, “sudden and sweeping daily swings” can punish countries trying to use these financial vehicles for debt restructuring. Additionally, since the Covid-19 pandemic, the massive U.S. stimulus programs, and the Ukraine-Russia war, sovereign risk has elevated across the board, in a myriad of countries worldwide.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg authors MacKenzie and McCormick also quoted Ian Lyngen, the head of U.S. rates strategy at BMO Capital Markets, and the analyst noted that the existence of so-called financial safe havens is waning. “This will be a defining week for Fed rate expectations between now and the end of the year,” Lyngen said just before the Fed raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points. Lyngen remarked that there’s a “[sense of investors] not wanting to be long the market. As we shift to a truly aggressive monetary policy stance, investors are running out of havens.”
On Thursday, the yield curve between the two- and 10-year T-notes slipped to 58bps, a low not seen since the deep lows in August and then 40 years ago, back in 1982. At the time of writing, the yield curve between the two- and 10-year T-notes is down 0.51%. The crypto economy is down 0.85% during the last 24 hours and is coasting along at $918.12 billion. Gold’s price per ounce is down 0.14% and silver is down 0.28%. Equity markets opened lower on Thursday morning as all four major indexes (Dow, S&P500, Nasdaq, NYSE) have printed losses.
What do you think about the erratic bond markets in 2022 and the signals that show the economy and safe havens are unreliable these days? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.
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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not a direct offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or a recommendation or endorsement of any products, services, or companies. Bitcoin.com does not provide investment, tax, legal, or accounting advice. Neither the company nor the author is responsible, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services mentioned in this article.
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Yields on long-dated U.S. Treasuries have been erratic this year and this week, the 10-year Treasury yield crossed 3.5% for the first time in a decade. Following the Fed’s 75bps (basis points) rate hike, 10-year notes reached 3.642% and two-year Treasury notes jumped to a 15-year high at 4.090%. The curve between the two- and 10-year notes indicates the chances of a deep U.S. recession have grown stronger, and recent reports say bond traders have been “confronted with the wildest volatility of their careers.”
At the end of July, after the second consecutive quarter of negative gross domestic product (GDP), a number of economists and market strategists stressed that the U.S. is in a recession. However, the Biden administration disagreed and the White House published an article which defines the start of a recession from the National Bureau of Economic Research’s perspective. Additionally, red-hot inflation has been wreaking havoc on Americans, and market analysts believe that rising consumer prices also point to a recession in the United States.
One of the biggest signals, however, is the yield curve which measures long-term debt with short-term debt by monitoring two and 10-year Treasury note yields. Many analysts believe an inverted yield curve is one of the strongest signals that points to a recession. The inverted yield curve is unusual but not in 2022, as bond traders have been dealing with a crazy trading environment this year. This week, two- and 10-year Treasury note (T-note) yields broke records as the 10-year T-note surpassed 3.5% on September 19, for the first time since 2011. On the same day, the two-year T-note tapped a 15-year high reaching 3.97% for the first time since 2007.
Despite the fact that such bond market volatility is usually a sign of a weakening economy in the U.S., professional traders claim bond markets have been exciting and “fun.” Bloomberg authors Michael MacKenzie and Liz Capo McCormick say bond markets are “characterized by sudden and sweeping daily swings that are typically a favorable environment for traders and dealers.” Paul Hamill, the head of global fixed income, currencies, and commodities distribution at Citadel Securities agrees with the Bloomberg reporters.
“We are right in the sweet spot of rates really being an interesting market, with clients being excited to trade,” Hamill explained on Wednesday. “Everyone is spending all day talking to clients and talking to each other. It’s been fun.”
However, not everyone thinks the equity and bond market volatility is all fun and games. The chief strategist at bubbatrading.com, Todd ‘Bubba’ Horwitz, recently said that he expects to see “a 50 to 60 percent haircut” in equity markets. The recent U.S. Treasury yield fluctuations have given market strategists reasons to be concerned about looming economic issues. During the first week of September, Lead-Lag Report publisher and portfolio manager, Michael Gayed, warned that the erratic bond market could spark a sovereign debt crisis and “several black swans.”
Studies and empirical evidence show a volatile U.S. Treasury note market is not good for foreign countries holding U.S. T-notes and dealing with significant debt issues. That’s because when U.S. T-notes are leveraged for restructuring purposes and a resolution tool, “sudden and sweeping daily swings” can punish countries trying to use these financial vehicles for debt restructuring. Additionally, since the Covid-19 pandemic, the massive U.S. stimulus programs, and the Ukraine-Russia war, sovereign risk has elevated across the board, in a myriad of countries worldwide.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg authors MacKenzie and McCormick also quoted Ian Lyngen, the head of U.S. rates strategy at BMO Capital Markets, and the analyst noted that the existence of so-called financial safe havens is waning. “This will be a defining week for Fed rate expectations between now and the end of the year,” Lyngen said just before the Fed raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points. Lyngen remarked that there’s a “[sense of investors] not wanting to be long the market. As we shift to a truly aggressive monetary policy stance, investors are running out of havens.”
On Thursday, the yield curve between the two- and 10-year T-notes slipped to 58bps, a low not seen since the deep lows in August and then 40 years ago, back in 1982. At the time of writing, the yield curve between the two- and 10-year T-notes is down 0.51%. The crypto economy is down 0.85% during the last 24 hours and is coasting along at $918.12 billion. Gold’s price per ounce is down 0.14% and silver is down 0.28%. Equity markets opened lower on Thursday morning as all four major indexes (Dow, S&P500, Nasdaq, NYSE) have printed losses.
What do you think about the erratic bond markets in 2022 and the signals that show the economy and safe havens are unreliable these days? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Bitcoin.com News and a financial tech journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open-source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.
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Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not a direct offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or a recommendation or endorsement of any products, services, or companies. Bitcoin.com does not provide investment, tax, legal, or accounting advice. Neither the company nor the author is responsible, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services mentioned in this article.
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PRESS RELEASE. Stockholm, September 22nd: As the world moves into more digital environments, Swedish beauty-tech giant FOREO has taken the initiative to bring a whole new product to audiences everywhere – the beauty NFT. Blockchain technology has allowed FOREO to challenge traditional skincare protocol and unobtainable beauty standards by bringing its renowned beauty range LUNA into the 21st century with NFTs of its leading products before traditional launch.
Brands have the opportunity to bring their products to a whole new market, connecting younger generations with tailored, innovative skincare that promotes a better ethos for industry standards. This beauty-tech disruptor, led by Boris Trupcevic, FOREO CEO, is paving the way for both mental health and great skin by building a trusting, inclusive community. LUNA NFTs are promoting a healthy relationship between beauty, technology and overall well-being to highlight how their products are made and the benefits of great skincare routines for a more socially-conscious approach to audiences worldwide.
To further support their efforts, FOREO is donating the entire proceeds from NFT sales and trades to three deserving charities: Tjejzonen, Hope Givers and Scleroderma Research Foundation. These charities work to help people struggling with mental health issues and skin conditions to foster self-love and a happier, healthier mindset.
Those interested will be able to buy digital versions of their chosen LUNA 4 products before release – and there are 5 different NFTs to choose from. Each has 50 variations, so there are 250 limited edition NFTs to be enjoyed. Furthermore, there will be an exclusive launch of just one special edition NFT which will be sold at auction; FOREO worked with stand-out female designer Miriam to bring her own brand of stunning, stylistic artful concepts to the launch. Click here for more info.
Mental health can be impacted by how an individual’s skin looks and feels and that’s why the beauty industry has a responsibility to not only design and create products that cater to the needs of various skin types, but also to promote an accessible, safe, inclusive environment for audiences everywhere.
There has been a focus on unrealistic beauty standards for far too long and now is the time to change the direction of the industry and bring skincare to those who really need it. With this in mind, FOREO is forging forward with innovations in tech, their products and their business model to better connect with the ever-changing needs of consumers in the digital environment. Sitting firmly at the intersection of beauty and mental health, the brand is redefining how skincare is accessed, using NFTs, and bringing the spotlight on what it really means to feel happy in one’s own skin.
It’s these fundamental concepts driving FOREOs latest skin cleansing range LUNA 4.
The LUNA cleansing brush is the world’s most-sold facial brush – and the LUNA 4 has taken an already great design and made it even better. Users can now expect an even gentler feel with softer silicone touchpoints, alongside a deeper spa-like facial cleansing experience with five different massage modes for improved circulation and collagen production. The LUNA 4 is the first digital body brush to incorporate NIR LED light for heating and microcurrent capabilities that can tackle cellulite. All of these fantastic features combine for instant, visible results in three simple steps. First, start with the LUNA 3 and begin the 1 minute cleansing routine. Next, use the UFO 2 supercharged 2-minute facial to allow treatments to penetrate the deepest layers of skin. Finally, finish with the BEAR facial toning device – and that’s it!
FOREO is a beauty tech pioneer that’s bringing groundbreaking devices to the beauty industry and revolutionising the way users think about premium skincare. For an affordable way to promote skin health and a new approach to beauty treatments, fans can enjoy LED light therapy, T-Sonic pulsations, Thermotherapy, Cryotherapy, Microcurrents and more.
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