What does the inability of US dollar/yen to move too far from 150 tell us about the state of the currency market?
Matsuo Kanda, Japan’s Vice Minister for International Affairs, and the lead government spokesperson on the yen said just recently that the currency is still perceived as...
With geopolitical risk very elevated in the Middle East right now, we might wonder whether the tensions will spillover to create volatility in the FX market.
G10 FX volatility remains low with implied one-month euro/dollar volatility below 7% right now, or around a half of the level that we were seeing a year ago.
Many have commentated in the past about the similarities between China now and the post-boom Japanese economy.
Voters in Thai Nguyen province feel that the province's actual demand for social housing is minimal, resulting in land waste and issues managing the land...
Dollar/yen has risen into the region that prompted the Bank of Japan to intervene in the FX market last autumn. Hence it seems that intervention was only successful for...
The key question now is what happens when, and if, the Bank of Japan reverses policy and so makes the yen a less attractive currency for the carry trade.
We can make the case that positioning in some markets has been overextended.
So far this year three currencies have tended to hug the bottom of the G10 currency ranking: the yen, Swedish krona and Norwegian krone.
The handling of 12 loss-making projects under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has seen improvements with some starting to earn profits or recovering production after...
According to analysts, the fluctuation of the Japanese Yen would undoubtedly damage Vietnam, particularly people receiving Yen income and businesses engaged in...
Japan's government named Kazuo Ueda as its pick to become the next central bank governor, a choice that could heighten the chance of reversing the fall in the yen.
Despite its recent comeback, the yen is still the poorest-performing G10 currency this year against the dollar.
The yen has fallen the most of all the developed currencies. However, this currency is expected to recover through 2023.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse, and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok on November 16, starting an...
The ongoing official visit by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to China holds a significant meaning in further promoting and deepening the ties between the two...
Speaking to Customs News, Director of the Department of Crop Production (MARD) Mr. Nguyen Nhu Cuong, said that over 10 million hectares of agricultural land is...
The yen is the worst performing G10 currency so far this year. But, just recently the yen has rallied back. Will this be the start of a longer-term recovery?.
The BoJ could adjust policy as soon as possible, so it seems more likely that this concern over the yen is not that pressing at all.
The yen has dropped to the weakest of any G10 currency so far this year. But what can policymakers do if they want to arrest the slide?
The US dollar seems set to stay in ascendancy in the short-term at least while the yen’s struggles persist.
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