Speaking in NY

  • Investors becoming excessively risk-averse.
  • Watching how market turbulence might affect Japanese economy, inflation
  • Bank of Japan watching markets/in touch with international counterparts.
  • Yen has appreciated rather rapidly
  • China concerns helped propel market volatility
  • Negative rates apply to only very small portion of total bank reserves
  • The substantial drop in bank shares is overdone

The USDJPY - meanwhile - continues to slowly move higher as does the EURJPY.