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investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: USD/JPY had a look at 159

  • Financial market news for Asian trading on Tuesday, May 19, 2026
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ICYMI (Monday): Japan signals FX intervention readiness, vowing to shield US bond market

  • Japan is defending the yen with one hand tied behind its back, determined not to rattle the US bond market in the process.
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ICYMI - Iran launches Bitcoin-backed ship insurance scheme for Strait of Hormuz transit

  • Iran is not just blocking Hormuz, it is building the bureaucracy to run it indefinitely.
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Japan economy minister backs recovery but warns of Middle East conflict fallout risk

  • Tokyo sees the recovery holding for now but is keeping one eye firmly on the Middle East and the other on household bills.
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RBA minutes: Eight of nine members backed May hike as inflation expectations risk grew

  • The RBA has drawn its line in the sand on inflation expectations, and only one board member thought the line was in the wrong place.
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Japan Q1 GDP beats forecasts at 2.1% but Iran war energy shock threatens momentum

  • Japan's economy entered the Iran war shock on solid ground, but the ground is shifting fast beneath it.
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ICYMI - EU plans supply chain rules forcing firms to source key parts from three suppliers

  • Brussels is moving to hardwire supply chain diversification into law, with China the primary but not the only target.
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PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.8375 (vs. estimate at 6.7909)

  • PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.
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PM Albanese secures 600,000 barrels of jet fuel from China as Australia shores up supplies

  • Canberra is plugging its most urgent supply gaps with Chinese jet fuel and Bruneian urea as the Hormuz squeeze bites. And bites.
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Australian May consumer confidence +3.5% m/m to 83.0. Yippee. Prior 80.1

  • Aussie consumers still deeply pessimistic
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USD/JPY on approach to 159! How you left, Ministry of Finance?

  • Despite the vast spending on intervention USD/JPY is back within a big figure of 160
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One day dip for CNY,19 May 2026
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PBOC is expected to set the USD/CNY reference rate at 6.7909 – Reuters estimate

  • PBOC CNY reference rate setting for the trading session ahead.
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Japan Q1 GDP 2.1% y/y (beats expected of 1.7%)

  • Japan economic growth data for the January - March quarter of 2026.
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