This time the dollar-yen didn’t stand a chance. Both sides stepped in to help out the struggling yen.💴 Yen gets some backup🚀 New York Fed enters the currency chat🏦 Tokyo keeps more ammunition ready
The Japanese yen strengthened past 156 per dollar on Monday, bringing its gains to nearly 5% over three sessions, after the Finance Ministry confirmed it carried out coordinated yen-buying operations with the US Treasury last week following the currency's slide to 40-year lows.Japanese authorities…
Bank of Japan likely intervened in FX trading yesterday, a day before it held interest rates steady.💴 Yen stages a suspiciously sharp rally🚨 Above ¥160, intervention alarms ring🏦 BOJ holds, but inflation heats up
The Japanese yen traded near 160 per dollar on Friday after surging as much as 3.3% in the previous session, with markets suspecting Tokyo intervened once again to support the currency ahead of the Bank of Japan’s policy decision.Nikkei reported that Japanese authorities entered the foreign exchang…
The Japanese Yen touched 160.42 against the USD, the highest since June 2026.Over the past 4 weeks, US Dollar Japanese Yen lost 1.19%, and in the last 12 months, it increased 6.52%.
The Japanese yen traded around 163.7 per dollar on Tuesday, lingering near its weakest level in four decades as the dollar remained firm on speculation that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates as soon as this week.Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan is widely expected to leave its policy rate u…
The Japanese yen strengthened to around 163.5 per dollar on Monday as the dollar and oil prices retreated after the US and Iran suspended strikes against each other over the weekend amid efforts to revive diplomacy.Japan remains heavily dependent on Middle Eastern oil imports, leaving its economy e…
The U.S. Treasury Department said the Japanese yen has remained weak despite a narrowing in U.S.-Japan interest rate differentials, adding that excessive currency volatility is undesirable.In its semi-annual currency report released Thursday, the Treasury urged the Bank of Japan to continue raising…
The Japanese yen hovered around 163 per US dollar after hitting a four-decade low of 163.24 earlier this week, as traders weighed potential interventions by authorities as well as expectations that the Bank of Japan could accelerate interest-rate hikes.Sentiment toward the currency has weakened in…
Dollar is at a high last seen before most of you were born. We’re talking the year Microsoft went public at $21 a share, $777 million market cap.📉 Yen Breaks Another Record⚠️ Tokyo Is Running Out of Cards⛽ Rates, Oil and Pressure Build
Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Wednesday that the government remains prepared to intervene in currency markets if excessive exchange-rate moves threaten financial stability, after the yen weakened beyond JPY 163 per U.S. dollar to its lowest level in about 40 years.Speaking to re…
The Japanese yen weakened beyond 163 per dollar on Wednesday, sinking to its lowest level since October 1986 and keeping markets on high alert for possible government intervention to support the currency.The move came as escalating tensions in the Middle East drove oil prices higher, pressuring Jap…
The Japanese yen traded around 162.3 per dollar on Monday, hovering near its weakest level since 1996 as a stronger dollar and surging oil prices, driven by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, continued to weigh on the currency.The US military carried out fresh airstrikes against Iran follo…
The Japanese yen weakened toward 162.5 per dollar on Friday, hovering near its weakest level in four decades as investors saw little sign of decisive action from Tokyo to support the currency.A recent report also indicated that Japan has no immediate plans to alter the asset allocation of its state…
The US dollar remained supported on Tuesday after benefiting from a risk-averse market environment at the start of the week.Investors also turned their attention to the upcoming US inflation data, while rising geopolitical tensions continued to lift oil prices and pressure several major currencies…
The Japanese yen traded around 162.4 per dollar on Tuesday, holding onto losses from the previous session and hovering near its weakest level in four decades amid the absence of follow-up intervention by Japanese authorities.On Monday, the currency weakened sharply after Reuters reported that Tokyo…
The Japanese yen strengthened past 161.5 per dollar on Friday, erasing all of its losses from earlier in the week as traders remained alert to the possibility of official intervention after the currency weakened to fresh 40-year lows.Market participants are now awaiting intervention data due later…
The Japanese yen traded around 162.5 per dollar on Thursday, hovering near 40-year lows as renewed conflict between the US and Iran drove oil prices higher, adding pressure to Japan’s oil-dependent economy and weighing on the currency.The US military confirmed it had carried out strikes on Iran for…
The Japanese yen weakened toward 162.5 per dollar on Wednesday, sliding back toward 40-year lows as the US dollar gained on renewed safe-haven demand after fresh US air strikes on Iran in response to recent attacks on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.The escalation pushed oil prices higher, re…
By Rae Wee and Harry RobertsonThe yen hovered near a four-decade low on Tuesday, leaving traders wary of possible intervention by Japanese authorities to bolster the currency, while the dollar steadied after recent losses.The yen FX_IDC:USDJPY was up 0.1% at 161.93 per dollar, reversing some of its…
