USD/JPY: Yen extends its gains in the morning session

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD weakened 0.36% against the JPY and closed at 104.47, in a thin-holiday trading session. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 104.37, with the USD trading 0.09% lower from Friday’s … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading higher in a thin-holiday trade

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.45% against the JPY and closed at 104.86. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 104.26, with the USD trading 0.57% lower from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen reverses its losses in the Asian session

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.09% against the JPY and closed at 105.35. The US Dollar gained momentum after the release of upbeat US consumer confidence data and continued improvement in the Standard … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading tad lower in the wake of national holiday

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.35% against the JPY and closed at 104.93, after a disappointing report on US pending home sales. The pending home sales data rose for the first time in … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: More easing to limit tax hike impact, suggests Japan’s Vice Economy Minister

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD strengthened 0.23% against the JPY and closed at 105.15. On Friday, the Japan’s Vice Economics Minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura urged the Bank of Japan (BoJ) to take proper steps in order to avoid any negative … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Some BoJ policymakers concerned over slowdown in growth, BoJ minutes

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.38% against the JPY and closed at 104.92, after data revealed that the number of people filing initial unemployment benefits last week fell for the first time in … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Japan’s economy is recovering moderately, indicates BoJ

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.14% against the JPY and closed at 104.18, as positive data from the US indicated that the US economic recovery is continuing to gain traction. In the Asian … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: US economy grew at its fastest pace in two years

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD weakened 0.20% against the JPY and closed at 104.09. Earlier on Friday, the Japanese Yen came under pressure, following the Bank of Japan’s decision of maintaining status quo on its policy stance while reinforcing … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ leaves monetary policy unchanged

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.08% against the JPY and closed at 104.30. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 104.48, with the USD trading 0.18% higher from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading higher in the Asian session

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 1.53% against the JPY and closed at 104.21. The US Dollar rose after the Federal Reserve announced that it would slow the rate of its monetary stimulus by … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Japan’s November trade deficit expands 35% on an annual basis

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.37% against the JPY and closed at 102.65. The US Dollar came under pressure for a brief period, after the US annual rate of inflation rose less-than-anticipated in … Continue reading

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