#Infographic: Rise of the #Yen #FX Contracts | OpenMarkets

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In terms of currencies, 2013 has been the year of the yen.  Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012 with the promise to devalue the currency, and make the country more competitive in global trade. He’s delivered, and markets have followed with great interest, causing many to declare “currency wars” as other economies have raced to adjust the value of their currencies in response.
Abenomics, as it’s been called, has taken hold, and CME Group’s FX markets have responded, breaking several yen trading records, including the monthly average daily volume record in June. At the same time, we’ve seen that Fed officials have indicated that the end of QE is near, so long as the unemployment rate appears on a path toward 6.5 percent in 2014. Both central bank actions seem to have un-pegged the dollar and yen in recent months.
We created this infographic to trace the economic events this year with the growth in JPY/USD trading.

Infographic: Rise of the Yen FX Contracts | OpenMarkets

The Day The Yen Carry Trade Died | zero hedge

The Day The Yen Carry Trade Died | zero hedge


It's gotta hurt real bad now!!!

While everyone is staring in disbelief at the USDJPY, the real carry action is in the high yielding-YEN pairs, i.e., the development, high growing countries. And it's a massacre: ZARJPY, NZDJPY, AUDJPY - all are plunging far more than the USD. This is nothing short of a complete carry trade unwind. The implications: the cheapest recurring source of funding for risk assets - the Yen carry trade, is over. Those who managed to sell early on are lucky. The rest will get such an onslaught of margin calls tomorrow they may need to access the discount window (if Primary Dealers and the luckier banks). Many will be forced to sell assets to satisfy collateral requirements as ongoing sales of carry pairs push the Yen ever higher, and force ever more liquidity out of the market. And if the Yen carry trade is done, the question is when will the USD, which has also been a carry currency for some time, follow suit. And, once again, the most troubling observation is that the BOJ has not intervened. Our sinking feeling is that after pumping 50 trillion or so in money markets, the petty cash may be running quite low. In any case, ES opens in 2 minutes. Grab the popcorn now.

The Day The Yen Carry Trade Died | zero hedge

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USDJPY Goes Bidless

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