Investors' long-running yen carry trades—borrowing cheap yen to fund higher-yield assets—have funneled Asia-origin flows into global risk assets, including US stocks and commodities. The recent yen decline is market-relevant as markets approach the two-year anniversary in August of Japan's large August 2024 yen intervention, which triggered Japan's biggest one-day equity drop since 1987, amplified US volatility and saw the S&P 500 fall 6.1% over three days. ING global markets head Chris Turner s

Investors' long-running yen carry trades—borrowing cheap yen to fund higher-yield assets—have funneled Asia-origin flows into global risk assets, including US stocks and commodities. The recent yen decline is market-relevant as markets approach the two-year anniversary in August of Japan's large August 2024 yen intervention, which triggered Japan's biggest one-day equity drop since 1987, amplified US volatility and saw the S&P 500 fall 6.1% over three days. ING global markets head Chris Turner says, given thin trading ahead of the July 4 holiday, Japan could buy yen as soon as Friday or wait until the July 20 Marine Day holiday to act.