Leveraged funds raised net short positions in the yen to over 115,000 contracts
in the week to June 9, the largest level since November 2017, the U.S. Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed. The positioning build comes with the
yen trading around JPY160 per dollar, keeping traders alert to government
intervention risk, and occurs despite the prospect of Bank of Japan rate hikes —
indicating carry-trade activity may be reviving.