USD/JPY
Here’s why Japan’s stocks are plunging after Shigeru Ishiba’s win
Skyline of Tokyo, Japan. Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled over 4% on Monday, following a mixed set of economic data out of Japan and as traders reacted to the election of incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Japan’s August retail sales climbed 2.8% year on year, beating Reuters poll estimates of a 2.3% […]
Read More
Japan top currency diplomat says watching for any build-up of yen carry trades: report
Sheets of newly-designed Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes move through a machine at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo plant in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Persistent weakness in the yen is raising concerns about the potential for a resurgence in cost-push inflation, likely weighing on private consumption. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s […]
Read More
Ray Dalio says the Fed faces a tough balancing act as the economy faces ‘enormous amount of debt’
Key Points As the U.S. Federal Reserve implemented its first interest rate cut since the early Covid pandemic, billionaire investor Ray Dalio flagged that the U.S. economy still faces an “enormous amount of debt.” “The challenge of the Federal Reserve is to keep interest rates high enough that they’re good for the creditor, while keeping […]
Read More
What a Fed rate cut could mean for the world
The U.S. Federal Reserve is on Wednesday heading for its first interest rate cut since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic — and despite the move being widely forecast, global investors are braced for impact. The Fed is behind a swathe of its central bank peers, including those in the euro zone, the U.K., Canada, […]
Read More
Japanese wage growth to surpass inflation for the first time in over 30 years, says asset management firm
Japanese girls hanging out on Shibuya streets of Tokyo, Japan. Ferrantraite | E+ | Getty Images Japanese wages are expected to grow in real terms in the second half of 2024 for the first time in more than three decades, according to Asset Management One. Wages in Japan are rising more rapidly than they did […]
Read More
The yen is strengthening, but foreign investors are staying bullish on Japanese equities
A falling yen helped boost Japanese stocks to record levels this year, but overseas investors think there are still opportunities in those equities even as the currency begins to strengthen. For most of this year, the weak yen was a major bull case argument for foreign investors looking at the Japanese stock markets. For instance, […]
Read More
Shaken, but not stirred: Japanese yen’s safe-haven tag is intact despite wild swings this year
Japanese 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes arranged in Kyoto, Japan, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The contradictions in Japan’s efforts to protect the yen while slowing the pace of rising bond yields are becoming increasingly clear in currency and debt markets. Photographer: Kentaro Takahashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Kentaro Takahashi| Bloomberg | Getty […]
Read More
‘Pick a number’: Strategist says the U.S. dollar will drift much lower against the Japanese yen
A pedestrian walks past a display board showing the currency exchange rate between the US dollar and the Japanese yen, along a street in Tokyo on August 5, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. dollar is likely to continue to drift lower against the Japanese yen over the coming months, […]
Read More
Bank of Japan will take longer to hike rates given the yen’s rapid strengthening, BMI says
An editorial montage of the Japan flag and Japanese yen cash bank notes. Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images The Bank of Japan will adopt a more cautious approach to hiking interest rates to avoid rapid appreciation in the yen after the recent global market turmoil, Fitch Solutions’ BMI said in a recent note. […]
Read More
Macquarie names 10 ‘highest conviction’ Asia stocks that have ‘borne the brunt’ of recent sell-off
Macquarie named its 10 “highest conviction” stocks that it believes present buying opportunities for investors amid the current market volatility and sharp sell-off across global markets. The Australian investment bank’s analysis comes as markets grapple with concerns over a potential U.S. recession and the unwinding of the Japanese yen carry trade. In response, Japan’s stock […]
Read More