There is nothing here to surprise. Collating some remarks out of Japan.

Bank of Japan Koji Nakamura, head of the BOJ division overseeing monetary policy drafting:

  • the BOJ will continue to ease monetary policy to assist the economy

Japan finance minister Suzuki says he told the G& meeting that it was critical to reaffirm the FX agreement. Also:

  • Yield curve control is part of monetary easing
  • YCC is to help meet inflation target
  • Expects the Bank of Japan to make efforts to attain sustainable price objective

USD/JPY has dropped from earlier highs above 128.00:

usdyen 128 24 May 2022