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title: "Japan's Finance Minister Katayama seeing speculative moves in the financial markets"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286803199.md"
description: "Japan's Finance Minister Katayama highlights speculative moves in financial markets and the impact of oil price volatility on Forex. He urged G7 nations to address global imbalances and unite against China's export controls. The USDJPY is fluctuating between 158.00 and 160.00, with traders anticipating a breakout above 160.00 or below 158.00."
datetime: "2026-05-18T17:25:54.000Z"
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# Japan's Finance Minister Katayama seeing speculative moves in the financial markets

Japan's finance minister Katayama says:

-   Seeing speculative moves in the financial markets
-   volatility in oil prices is affecting Forex market
-   Told G7 we needed to take action to correct global imbalances.
-   We need to address risks regarding Mythos
-   Told G7 that we should be united against China's export control of critical materials.
-   Need to closely monitor financial markets.

The USDJPY remains near the middle of the 158.00 – 160.00 swing area that can find most of the training going back to March 11 through April 29. Since the tumble lower on April 30, the price remains below that area until last Thursday. On Friday the price based against the high of a swing area near 158.23, and today the moment took the price up to a high of 159.08.

Traders will be looking for a break either of the 160.00 level and topside or below 158.00 on the downside

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