Quote from propseeker:
@risktaker...
no, the unwind was precisely why intervention was needed.
the carry-trade involves selling yen (borrowing it) for cheap, and using the money to invest in other assets (a lot have gone into treasuries).
may 6th (flash crash) marked the beginning of the unwind of that trade (buying back yen) and has been going steady ever since.
Quote from risktaker:
But if it were mainly from unwinding of positions, wouldn't that imply a temporary imbalance in which case the BoJ intervention would not have been needed?