USD/JPY: Yen trading higher in thin holiday trade

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD weakened 0.29% against the JPY and closed at 99.28. In economic news, data showed that industrial production in Japan advanced 3.4% (MoM) in July, surpassing analysts’ call for a 3.2% rise and following a … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen extends gains in the Asian session, ahead of domestic industrial production data

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.21% against the JPY and closed at 99.59. Investors took refuge under yen after a dismal domestic data on machinery orders fuelled fresh concerns that a sales-tax increase … Continue reading

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

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.49% against the JPY and closed at 99.81. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 99.56, with the USD trading 0.25% lower from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: High possibility of the BoJ achieving inflation goal in time, indicates BoJ Member

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.58% against the JPY and closed at 100.30. In Japan, an official report showed that the machine tool orders in the nation declined 1.8% (YoY) in August, compared … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ board urged fiscal reform at August meeting, indicates BoJ minutes

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.30% against the JPY and closed at 99.71. In Japan, an official report showed that the nation’s consumer confidence index declined to a reading of 43.0 in August, … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen pares gains following domestic GDP data

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD weakened 0.88% against the JPY and closed at 99.24, as a soft employment data from the US spooked investors’ confidence. In Japan, data showed that the nation’s coincident index rose to a reading of … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen gave up grounds following Kuroda’s speech, trading higher in the Asian session

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.38% against the JPY and closed at 100.13. The decline in the Yen followed the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) decision to keep its monetary policies unchanged at its … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Japan’s central bank keeps monetary policy unchanged

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.18% against the JPY and closed at 99.73, as improving conditions in the US economy, as outlined by the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, lead to speculation that reduction … 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 marginally weakened against the JPY and closed at 99.56. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, the pair is trading at 99.62, with the USD trading slightly higher from yesterday’s … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen tad higher after sliding as Prime Ministers receives support for sales tax hike

USDJPY Movement For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD soared 1.20% against the JPY and closed at 99.58. The Japanese Yen came under pressure, amid signs that the Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe is progressing on policies that would … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading lower in the Asian session

USDJPY Movement On Friday, the USD weakened 0.17% against the JPY and closed at 98.16. In Japan, a government report showed that housing starts in the nation declined 12.0% (YoY) in July, lower than analysts’ expectation for a fall to … Continue reading

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