Trade all the major global economic data live and interactive at the DailyFX Webinars. We'd love to have you along. This past week was a volatile one with plenty of developments which saw stock markets fall and the anti-risk Japanese Yen emerge higher ...
more| 23 Mar 2018 16:33 | MarketWatch |
The Japanese yen has rallied 7% against the U.S. dollar, from a high of almost ¥113 to just its lowest level since November 2016, when the buck shot up following the result of the U.S.
more| 12 Mar 2018 11:59 | MarketPulse (blog) |
The Japanese has edged lower to start the week. In North American trade, USD/JPY is trading at 106.55, down 0.25% on the day.
more| 12 Mar 2018 02:30 | Bloomberg |
Finally, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is coming under pressure to resign as a scandal over alleged favors to a school with connections to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe deepened. The scandal probably won't hurt the ruling Liberal Democratic ...
moreWhile that may be true, the Bank of Japan is already deep into a stimulus program with negative rates and yield curve control. The central bank's main focus at the moment is bringing inflation closer to its two percent target.
moreAs a global-trade bellwether the numbers speak to still-robust demand for Japan's exports and that's probably what saw the US Dollar pick up a little following their release.
moreThe yen has been pushing higher versus the dollar this week, which tends to worry Japanese policymakers because it can hurt exporters' earnings and curb inflation by lowering import prices.
more| 08 Feb 2018 10:41 | MarketWatch |
The Japanese yen USDJPY, +0.03% strengthened against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, as a selloff in U.S. equities gathered steam in late-morning trade on Thursday.
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