Something Just Snapped In FX Markets: Rand Crashes Most Since Lehman As Yen Surges To 1-Year Highs

China ripples may be turning into tsunamis. As FX markets creep open, something serious must have snapped. The South African Rand just crashed 10% - the biggest single-day drop since Lehman - to new record lows.

China ripples may be turning into tsunamis. As FX markets creep open, something serious must have snapped. The South African Rand just crashed 10% - the biggest single-day drop since Lehman - to new record lows. At the same time, carry trades are being unwound en masse, smashing USDJPY down to 116.75 (strongest Yen in a year). Somebody do something!

The South African Rand crashed 10% to a record lows against the USD of 17.9169. This 10% collapse is the largest on record outside of the immediate post-Lehman move...

 

Don't forget - As goes the South African Rand, so goes The World?

And Yen is surging...

It appears people were expecting some Chinese intervention over the weekend... and so far have been disappointed.

 

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