The dollar is relinquishing ground against the yen for a second consecutive day. On Thursday, the USD/JPY exchange rate was recorded at 157.789, reflecting a decline of 0.34% from the prior session. The trading session exhibited a range between 157.58 and 158.33. The pair commenced trading close to 158.30, following a prior close within the … Read more
USD/JPY was observed around 157.45 at 09:30 on Tuesday, September 22, remaining slightly beneath the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of 157.536. The pair is consolidating following the Bank of Japan’s 25-basis-point increase to 1.25% on September 18, which resulted in a notable fluctuation between 156.656 and 158.05. The yen experienced a decline exceeding 2% last … Read more
USD/JPY is currently at 159.078, reflecting an increase of 0.06% from Friday’s closing figure of 158.98. The session has fluctuated between 158.59 and 159.28, commencing at 159.01. The 52-week range spans 145.48 to 164.00, positioning the current spot within 493 pips of the upper limit of this annual band. The pair has returned above 159.00 … Read more
USD/JPY opened the week almost exactly where it closed. The pair sat at 159.097 as of 13:24 on Monday, having opened at 159.095, a move of two-tenths of a pip across the Asian session. That flat line is the story rather than an absence of one: the pair is catching its breath after one of … Read more
The dollar rose to 159.4570 against the yen on Thursday, August 13, up 0.02% from the previous session, after testing 159.53 during the European morning. The pair traded flat near 159.40 through the Asian session and has spent the week grinding back toward the level that triggered a record intervention two weeks ago. Over the … Read more
The dollar-yen exchange rate was recorded at 160.80 on Friday, reflecting an increase of 0.78% during the session. This movement occurred less than eighteen hours following Japan’s execution of what seems to be the most significant single-day currency intervention in its history. The overnight move was marked by significant volatility. USD/JPY experienced a decline of … Read more
USD/JPY is currently trading at approximately 161.06, reflecting a decline of about 1.43% during the session, following indications that Japanese authorities have intervened in the market to purchase yen. The pair was at 163.50 earlier in the day, reflecting an increase of 0.06% and maintaining a position near the upper limit of its range. However, … Read more
On Tuesday, the USD/JPY currency pair hovered around 161.50, reflecting a modest increase of 0.14% within a constrained range of 160.47 to 161.52. This positioning remains just beneath the 162 threshold, which recently represented its highest level in approximately four decades—a peak that has not been maintained since the mid-1980s. The yen remains anchored near … Read more
USD/JPY is currently at 162.32, reflecting an increase of 0.38%. This follows a peak in July that exceeded 162.80, with a recent print of 162.58 marking the yen’s weakest position against the dollar in forty years. The Japanese currency sank to the lower 162 zone in Tokyo trading, marking its lowest level since December 1986. … Read more
The Japanese yen is currently experiencing its lowest valuation in forty years, exacerbated by the recent developments in Iran on Wednesday. The USD/JPY pair moved closer to 162.50 as the U.S. dollar strengthened following Trump’s declaration that the Iran memorandum of understanding was “over,” with safe-haven flows prevailing in the financial markets. The pair commenced … Read more
