USD/JPY: BoJ keeps its policy measures unchanged at its June policy meeting

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.30% against the JPY and closed at 101.68. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 101.77, with the USD trading 0.09% higher from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading modestly lower in the Asian session

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.31% against the JPY and closed at 101.98. Yesterday, reports indicated that the BoJ policymakers would consider maintaining a large balance sheet even after the world’s third largest … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen extends its upward direction in the Asian session

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.23% against the JPY and closed at 102.30. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 102.29, with the USD trading a tad lower from … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ’s QQE policy having an intended effect on the economy, says BoJ Dy. Governor, Iwata

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD marginally weakened against the JPY and closed at 102.54. Yesterday, in Japan, BoJ Deputy Governor, Kikuo Iwata, echoed Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda’s view that, the central bank’s “qualitative and quantitative … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ stimulus measures have had an intended effect on the economy, opined BoJ’s Governor, Kuroda

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD strengthened 0.13% against the JPY and closed at 102.57, as traders cheered the latest batch of strong employment data from the US economy. In economic news, Japan’s leading economic index declined by 0.5 point … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading a tad higher ahead of Japan’s leading economic and coincident index data

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.25% against the JPY and closed at 102.43, as weekly jobless claims in the US economy rose more than economists’ estimates in the previous week. In the Asian … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ should conduct monetary policy in a flexible manner, opines BoJ’s Takehiro Sato

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.16% against the JPY and closed at 102.69. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 102.58, with the USD trading 0.11% lower from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading lower in the Asian session

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.12% against the JPY and closed at 102.53. Late Tuesday, a survey poll from Reuters, showed that a strong majority of economists believed that the BoJ would expand … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ would not hesitate to alter its ultra-easy policy, reiterates, BoJ Chief, Kuroda

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.57% against the JPY and closed at 102.40. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 102.39, with the USD trading a tad lower from … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: IMF urges the BoJ to maintain its current aggressive policy measures for an extended period of time

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD marginally strengthened against the JPY and closed at 101.75. In economic news, housing starts in Japan fell less-than-expected 3.3% (YoY) in April while Japanese construction orders surged 104.9%, compared to an 8.8% decline recorded … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Japan’s core consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 23 years in April

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened marginally against the JPY and closed at 101.74, hurt by a dismal US GDP data for the first quarter of 2014. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the … Continue reading

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