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USD/JPY Falls as U.S.-Japan Coordination Strengthens Yen

The USD/JPY declined to 156.5110, representing a decrease of 0.59% from the previous session. The pair experienced a brief drop to 155.20 during the day, followed by short-covering that propelled it into a consolidation phase around the congestion support level near 157.00. By the European session, the pair traded around 156.70, having recovered approximately half … Read more

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USD/JPY Rebounds Despite Record BOJ Currency Intervention

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

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USD/JPY Slides After Suspected Japan Yen Intervention

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

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USD/JPY Stays Around 164 as Markets Await Fed and BOJ Decisions

The dollar traded at 163.6710 against the yen on Wednesday, down 0.10% from the previous session, holding within a whisker of the weakest level the Japanese currency has seen since December 1986. That forty-year low was printed at 163.99 last week. The pair has consolidated between roughly 163.55 and 163.90 since, refusing to either break … Read more

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USD/JPY in Focus as Fed, BoJ Policy Meetings Drive Currency Markets

The yen changed hands around 163.7 per dollar on Tuesday, lingering near its weakest level in four decades after hitting a fresh 40-year low of 163.99 in the prior session. The pair has been consolidating in a tight band beneath 164.00, with the hourly chart showing a pullback from resistance at 163.900 to 164.000 and … Read more

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USD/JPY Holds Near 40-Year Low Ahead of Fed and BOJ Meetings

On Monday, the USD/JPY exchange rate was recorded at 163.571, reflecting a decline of 0.13% from the previous Friday’s closing value of approximately 163.78. This movement follows the pair’s recent establishment of a new forty-year low for the yen at 163.99 in the preceding session. Friday’s settle was recorded at 163.747. Over the past month, … Read more

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Yen Slides to 40-Year Low as USD/JPY Nears 164

The dollar closed the US session at 163.8040 against the yen on Thursday, reflecting an increase of 0.43% or 70.2 pips from Wednesday’s close of 163.1020. That represents a new forty-year low for the Japanese currency, surpassing Tuesday’s 163.24 print — which had already indicated the weakest yen since late 1986 — by more than … Read more

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USD/JPY Hits 40-Year High as Dollar Rally Intensifies

The dollar closed the US session at 163.8040 against the yen on Thursday, reflecting an increase of 0.43% or 70.2 pips from Wednesday’s close of 163.1020. That represents a new forty-year low for the Japanese currency, surpassing Tuesday’s 163.24 print — which had already indicated the weakest yen since late 1986 — by more than … Read more

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USD/JPY Rallies as Fed Outlook Outweighs BoJ Tightening

The USD/JPY was observed at 163.19, reflecting an increase of 0.42% during the session and achieving a new peak not recorded since 1986, following a dip to 162.84 the previous day — marking the yen’s lowest value against the dollar since December 1986. The Japanese currency has depreciated approximately 11% over the past year, currently … Read more

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USD/JPY Holds Firm Despite BoJ’s Hawkish Shift

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