If the BoJ abandons the defense or alters it to a higher level, the market repercussions will be severe as USDJPY and JPY pairs reprice. Of course, it is anybody's guess when this might be. However, given the costs to prop up the yen, and its ineffectiveness, market participants should be very wary of the inherent risks when trading USDJPY and JPY crosses.

The GBPUSD daily chart shows that a lower peak has charted. Therefore, if the currency pair drops below 1.0920 (green horizontal line), a lower trough will chart, and cable's technical downtrend will continue.

The intermarket implications suggest a risk-off environment as the higher yield pressures the present value of risk and capital rotates towards the greenback for safety.

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation today. A run on British gilts and volatility in GBPUSD has primarily defined her six weeks in office following a failed gamble at expansionary fiscal policy and trickle-down economics

There was stabilisation after the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, rolled back most of the tax cuts delivered in September's mini-budget. However, all is not well, with the UK government cutting the Energy Price Guarantee from two years to six months.

Last week's real rate price action is insightful and shows a Doji candlestick (red arrows). The real yield attempted to move higher and lower but closed flat for the week. This activity implies uncertainty and indecision. Moreover, this comes when the real rate is overbought (green rectangle).

The pair extended its rally past the 1998 peak on Friday, moving to levels not seen in thirty-two years, after another hot CPI report from the US, which keeps Fed to its aggressive tightening path

Kwasi Kwarteng, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was fired today, less than a month after he delivered his mini-budget on 23rd September. It had a devastating and destabilising market effect, as investors exited British gilts en masse, concerned about the level of deficit funding.

The pair extends its ascent into the sixth straight day and to new 24 year highs, as markets gear up for today’s Fed minutes and Thursday’s US CPI inflation update

Given our previous articles referencing the BoE's efforts to stabilise the UK gilt market, Governor Bailey's comments yesterday were counterproductive. At the Institute of International Finance event in Washington yesterday, he took a tough line that added to the market's volatility.

This resilience is despite further action today by the BoE to stabilise British gilts. The central bank broadened its emergency bond-buying to include inflation-link gilts to keep markets functioning normally.