USD/JPY: The Yen slips as Japan cabinet approves stimulus package

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened marginally against the JPY and closed at 82.15. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 82.42, with the USD trading 0.34% higher from yesterday’s close. … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Japanese retail sales decline more-than-forecast

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened marginally against the JPY and closed at 82.16. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 82.12, with the USD trading marginally lower from yesterday’s close. … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: US Dollar reverses previous session gains, trading lower this morning

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.26% against the JPY and closed at 82.09. In Japan, small business confidence retreated 43.3 in November, from 43.7 in the previous month. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Japan’s corporate service price index declines in October

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.83% against the JPY and closed at 81.88. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 82.15, with the USD trading 0.33% higher from yesterday’s close. … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: BoJ Masaaki Shirakawa urges for deregulation, fiscal reform

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT on Friday, the USD weakened 0.25% against the JPY and closed at 82.37. In the Asian session, at GMT0400, the pair is trading at 82.28, with the USD trading 0.11% lower from … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen rose on speculation that recent losses were overdone

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.25% against the JPY and closed at 82.37. The Yen rose on bargain hunting as investors speculated that recent decline in the currency was overdone. However, gains were capped … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading lower this morning

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 1.02% against the JPY and closed at 82.58. The Yen came under pressure after the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, tipped to win in a parliamentary election next month and … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Japan recorded its worst October trade figures in more than 30 years, trading lower in the Asian session

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 0.46% against the JPY and closed at 81.74. In economic news, Japan’s department store sales fell 2.4% (YoY) in October, while its all industry activity eased 0.3% (MoM) in September, … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Yen trading higher as BoJ keeps policy unchanged

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD weakened 0.23% against the JPY and closed at 81.37. On the economic front, the leading index in Japan declined to a reading of 91.6 in September, compared to a reading … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: Greenback extends gains on weak US data, easing talks in Japan

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT on Friday, the USD strengthened 0.22% against the JPY and closed at 81.31, in wake of sluggish industrial production figures from the US, coupled with anticipation that further monetary easing is on … Continue reading

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USD/JPY: US Dollar trading lower against the Yen this morning

  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, the USD strengthened 1.15% against the JPY and closed at 81.13. Yesterday, Shinzo Abe, the head of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and front runner in the election, called for aggressive monetary easing … Continue reading

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