USD/JPY Weekly Outlook: BOJ Intervention Threat Battles Hawkish Fed

USD/JPY enters the new week trading in a known intervention zone above 160, leaving traders to balance the risk of BOJ action against a Federal Reserve that has turned noticeably more hawkish. With the relationship between USD/JPY and US-Japan two-year yield spreads strengthening rapidly following the June FOMC meeting, the focus falls squarely on US data and Fed speakers capable of altering the rates outlook.