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Forex inflows push banking system cash to all-time high, compressing overnight rates and forcing central bank into reverse repo operations

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller downplayed August payrolls data, positioning next week's consumer price report as the deciding factor for the central bank's September rate decision.

The rupee closed at 95.41 Tuesday after breaching key resistance, supported by $2.4 billion in August FPI inflows and a 2 percent crude oil decline.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made U.S. currency intervention conditional on Bank of Japan tightening, converting Japan's domestic policy into a bilateral obligation with real market consequences.

Two-year Treasury yields climbed to 4.34% as markets repriced Fed policy; MSCI emerging-market index fell 1.4%, its worst day since Aug. 24

One week after joint U.S.-Japan action, the yen has surrendered half its rally as carry-trade incentives and widening Treasury-JGB spreads reassert fundamental selling pressure

U.S.-Japan coordinated action compressed bearish positions, but structural carry-trade drivers persist until Bank of Japan accelerates rate hikes.

Traders cut rupee and short-term bond positions after India's central bank ended its foreign-currency deposit swap window ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline.

Analysts say the Bank of Thailand's rate-hold decision offers little lasting support for the baht, with oil-driven pressure keeping policymakers in easing mode.

Strategists say the baht's post-hold gain will fade as the Bank of Thailand's dovish bias and rising oil prices sustain structural pressure on the currency.

CFTC data through Aug. 4 shows bearish yen positions cut by roughly half as coordinated U.S.-Japan action stabilized the currency.

The yen sits within striking distance of 160 per dollar, a level traders treat as a likely trigger for Japanese currency intervention.

Governor Michele Bullock and Assistant Governor Christopher Kent face parliamentary and media scrutiny later this week as the Australian dollar slips after six straight weeks of gains.

Japanese authorities have spent over $100 billion defending the yen, including a rare July 28 joint intervention with the U.S., yet the currency continues depreciating toward 160 per dollar.

The yen has surrendered nearly half its intervention-driven gains; the Reserve Bank of Australia held its cash rate steady but left the door open to further hikes.

Technical patterns and seasonal export flows support a resumption of the yuan's year-long appreciation, with Goldman Sachs forecasting 6.7 per dollar within 12 months.

Japan's currency fell 0.5 percent against the dollar in August, reversing a 3.2 percent July gain, as interest rate differentials and fiscal concerns override official action.

State-run banks sold dollars Monday to counter rising crude prices and forward contract demand, keeping the rupee on the stronger side of 85.50.

Tokyo and Washington jointly pushed the yen from 163 to 157 against the dollar, but analysts warn the move treats symptoms rather than the rate-differential cause.

A car drove into a crowd in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people, but bond markets showed no lasting reaction, maintaining focus on core economic drivers

Foreign central bank holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell for the first time in four weeks amid suspected Japanese currency intervention