Yen Gains Strength as Markets Reassess Rate Policy and Stabilization Options
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The US and Japan intervened in the currency market in August to support the yen, but the yen has recently strengthened again, and the market is watching the two countries' next moves. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images)
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Yen Gains Strength as Markets Reassess Rate Policy and Stabilization Options
The Japanese yen rose more than 2 percent against the dollar in a two-day move that took the currency to its strongest level in a month, as investors increased bets that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) would raise interest rates earlier and more flexibly than previously assumed and as officials kept open the possibility of further action to stabilize markets. Different trading snapshots put the yen near 155.40, 155.47, and 155.57 per dollar after a gain…
The yen is experiencing volatile price movements in the foreign exchange market. Following comments from senior officials of the Japanese and US monetary authorities regarding monetary policy since the middle of last week, yen buying has rapidly expanded, driven by expectations of a narrowing of the interest rate differential between the two countries. The yen, which was trading around 160 yen to the dollar, is currently trading in the 156 yen r…
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