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• JPY leads G10 to open the week, Bessent flags recent yen moves as pretty well contained
• Speculation of a G20-side meeting between JP officials and U.S. Treasury Sec Besset adds to yen bid
• USD/JPY back at pre-Warsh levels after stalling above 160
• Upside still looks capped, despite no clear sustained pullback signal
• Warsh's hawkish remarks injects more two-way risk into USD/JPY
• Given the hawkish repricing in U.S. rates, downside U.S. data surprises can hit harder
• Support: 159.17-36 (200-hour MA cluster), then 158.00
• Resistance: 160.20 (weekly high), then 160.81 (July 31
high)
USDJPY hourly chart

Justin McQueen is a Reuters market analyst. (The views expressed are his own). ((Email: ))