European Markets Wrap-Up: USD/JPY wipes out a chunk of the likely intervention play earlier, so what's next?

Friday, 01 May, 2026 Forex USD/JPY wipes out a chunk of the likely intervention play earlier, so what's next? The price movements in USD/JPY in the past two days have been rather interesting. It has a certain feel that Tokyo is intervening but they don't seem to be going as hard as they did before during prev Central Banks ECB policymaker Nagel says more appropriate to respond in June if outlook does not improve Should not forget that baseline scenario already entails a more restrictive monetary policy It would be more appropriate to respond in June if outlook does not improve markedly Well, this just reaffir Learn more Forex USD/JPY tumbles again after early bounce, Japan MOF back in the market? Now, this is more like it. In essence, the second round should be more effective given that speculators who have been burned will stay out of the way now. This is a quick 130-150 pips drop now in USD/ News UK April Nationwide house prices +0.4% vs -0.3% m/m expected Prior +0.9% That's a solid beat on the estimate and it reaffirms the continued resilience in the UK housing market despite the economic and financial uncertainty from the Middle East conflict. The ave Forex Orders FX option expiries for 1 May 10am New York cut There aren't any major expiries to take note of on the day, with the full list seen below. With European markets closed in observance of Labor Day, traders will be left to their own devices for the mo News Reminder: European markets will be closed today The closure will be in observance of Labor Day and extends to all major European markets. Even the ECB's payment and securities settlement systems will be down. As such, that will impact liquidity con Forex Orders USD/JPY bounces back after supposed intervention effort by Tokyo yesterday When the drop happened yesterday, I wasn't convinced that it was actual intervention from Japan's ministry of finance. I'm sure I was not the only one who felt that way. After Katayama delivered her f News investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: Japan warns of more intervention if needed Japan intervenes to defend yen and warns of further action over Golden Week Axios:Trump received briefing on plans for possible military action against Iran ASEAN ministers warn Middle East war threat Learn more Forex Japan intervenes to defend yen and warns of further action over Golden Week Japan basically confirmed FX intervention for first time in nearly two years after yen breached 160/USD, sending it 3% higher to 155.5. Mimura warns further action possible during Golden Week. US and

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