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Goldman Throws In The Bearish Yen Towel...

• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Days before last week's BOJ "stunner" in which the Japanese central bank ended up doing precisely nothing and smashing market expectations of further "bazooka" easing, we presented Goldman's expectations why the Yen is set to "collapse" in the next 12 months, with Goldman's FX strategist explaining why he believes the USDJPY will surge to 130 in the coming year. For those who missed it, the forecast was based on the assumption of much more aggressive easing including even more balance sheet expansion, something which clearly did not pan out (as we also warned) and the only "crushing" that took place was to the P&L of any Goldman clients who listened to the bank.

Then moments ago Robin Brooks came out with his much anticipated mea culpa in which he admits he misjudged the BOJ which has reverted to a "patient" narrative, saying "this is a fateful miscalculation in our view" but admitting that while "we hold to our structural view that $/JPY ultimately will go a lot higher... in the short term, it will fall."


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