[Commerzbank: If the Bank of Japan does not clearly signal a rate hike, the yen may weaken] Jin10 News, April 27 - Commerzbank analyst Volkmar Bauer stated in a report that if the Bank of Japan keeps rates unchanged on Wednesday and remains cautious about future rate hikes, the yen could weaken. He noted that the market expects the Bank of Japan to provide a fairly clear signal indicating a potential rate hike in June—at least on the condition that the Iran conflict eases by then. If such a signal does not materialize, warnings from Japan's Ministry of Finance about intervention to support the yen will 'no longer be of much help.' Bauer said that in this scenario, the USD/JPY exchange rate could rise above 160.