USD/JPY

AI take

The yen firmed after the Bank of Japan held at its current setting in an 8-1 vote, with Hajime Takata dissenting in favour of a hike, and said for the first time that underlying inflation has reached its price-stability goal. The Outlook Report revised inflation higher and the bank said it would accelerate ETF sales from January. Governor Kazuo Ueda's comments remain the next read on whether a December hike is reinforced. Watch those remarks, remaining Gulf headlines, and Tokyo follow-through.

Scheduled take · 2026-10-31T04:10:04Z

• RTHK -- Japan keeps rates steady as inflation hits its two-percent target