U.S. Economy, Monetary Policy Is Diverging from Other Developed Markets, Powell Says

barrons.com A new phase could be on the way in terms of global monetary policy. While economies and central banks in developed markets have been on generally the same path for most of…

Janet Yellen Is Worried About Treasurys. You Should Be Too

investorplace.com The Department of Treasury is launching a buyback program from May through July The Department of Treasury just announced that it is launching a buyback program from May…

The Macro Chessboard: Bitcoin, Yen, and the Global Economic Narrative

dailycoinpost.com In the dizzying world of financial markets, where Bitcoin’s value seems to sway like a leaf in the wind, it’s easy to lose sight of the broader picture. The recent…

Will We See A Re-Run Of The Asian Crisis?

afr.com It’s not only investors who are rattled by the prospect of US interest rates remaining higher for longer. Central bankers – particularly those in Asia – are also on edge as…

Australia and Japan markets slip as Fed decision looms, most Asian markets closed

cnbc.com Australian and Japanese markets fell Wednesday as investors brace for the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate decision, due early Thursday in Asia. Investors will also keep an eye…

Asian stocks: Japan, Australia dip as Fed meeting looms By

investing.com Investing.com-- Japanese and Australian stocks fell on Wednesday, leading losses across Asia as fears of higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates grew before the conclusion of…

BOJ accounts suggest Japan intervened to support yen

japantimes.co.jp Japan likely conducted its first currency intervention since 2022 to prop up the yen on Monday, according to a Bloomberg analysis of central bank accounts. The Bank of Japan…

Will Japan have a financial crisis anytime soon?

marginalrevolution.com The odds are against this, and most market prices are well-behaved, noting that the yen was hitting 160 to the dollar. More importantly, Japanese stocks have bounced back…

US Stocks Kick Off The Week In The Green, Tesla Rockets On China's FSD Approval, Yen Rallies: What's Driving Markets Monday?

benzinga.com U.S. stocks kicked off the week on a positive note, with all major averages edging higher in anticipation of significant events including earnings reports from tech giants…

Japan ends the world’s greatest monetary-policy experiment

economist.com On March 19th officials at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) announced that, with sustainable inflation of 2% “in sight”, they would scrap a suite of measures instituted to pull the…

Why Japan’s currency is cratering right now, even though its stock market is red hot

fortune.com Japan’s stock market has been on fire over the past few years. The Nikkei 225, which tracks the 225 largest firms by market cap in Japan’s Tokyo Stock Exchange, has surged…

BOJ data points to possible yen-buying intervention

asia.nikkei.com TOKYO -- Money market data released by the Bank of Japan on Tuesday suggested the government intervened in the currency market the day before, when the yen marked a dramatic…

BOJ Data Suggest Yen-Buying Intervention of Tens of Billions of Dollars

wsj.com Japan likely carried out significant yen-buying intervention on Monday, according to a calculation based on data from the Bank of Japan and private money brokers.

Three Views on the Yen “Collapse”

disciplinefunds.com The Japanese Yen has been undergoing quite the roller-coaster ride in recent weeks and is now down over 45% vs the USD since 2020. With their large government debt load many…

Japan’s debt dilemma may doom any FX intervention, Brooks says

japantimes.co.jp To Robin Brooks, the former chief currency strategist at Goldman Sachs Group, Japan’s massive government debt — for now at least — is likely to doom any efforts to prop up…

JGBs Rise, Tracking Gains in U.S. Treasurys

wsj.com JGB market could start this week with a strong tone, after the Bank of Japan decided last week to maintain status quo of its government bond purchases, SMBC Nikko…

Japan’s yen surges against dollar on suspected intervention

staradvertiser.com Banknotes of Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar are seen in this picture taken in September 2022. The yen jumped against the dollar today, with traders citing yen-buying…

Japan's currency falls to its weakest since 1990 against the dollar as the yen keeps yelping

abcnews.go.com The value of Japan’s currency has tumbled so much that for a moment on Monday it took 160 yen to equal $1 NEW YORK -- Some of the world's wildest action in financial markets…

Tokyo Drifting Into A Currency Crisis

tftc.io This week, the Japanese Yen slid past another crucial threshold, crossing 155 to the dollar and falling even lower during a crucial press conference. For months, I’ve been…

Japanese yen's rollercoaster ride raises eyebrows

newsweek.com The Japanese yen boomeranged back on Monday after plunging to its lowest point against the dollar in over three decades last week, fueling speculation Tokyo had intervened.…

Bank of Japan Intervention: What to Know as Yen Crisis Starts to Force Panic

investorplace.com Whatever happens next could have huge international impact It appears that all my warnings about Japan may be coming true. For months, I have highlighted the very real risk…

Japan’s Yen Flash Crashes To 160 Per Dollar As Global Currency Exhibits Extreme Volatility

dailyhodl.com The Japanese yen just tapped its worst level against the US dollar in more than three decades, reportedly triggering emergency intervention from the country’s financial…

Japan will struggle to rescue its plummeting currency

economist.com The yen is on a wild ride. In early trading, as Asian markets opened on April 29th, the currency plummeted to a 34-year low of 160 to the dollar, adding to its hefty fall…

Japan’s yen jumps against the U.S. dollar on suspected intervention

theglobeandmail.com The yen jumped against the dollar on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities as a trigger for the bounce in a currency languishing at…

Yen’s freefall prompts Japanese intervention as USD/JPY hits 34-year high

cryptoslate.com Quick Take The Japanese yen’s freefall against the US dollar has reached alarming levels, prompting intervention by Japanese authorities in the foreign exchange market.…

Intervention Or Not, Yen Bears Will Stay Confident

zerohedge.com Intervention Or Not, Yen Bears Will Stay Confident By Vassilis Karamanis, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and FX strategist Unless Japanese authorities show their hand with…

Dollar Weakens Against Yen After Japanese Intervention

barrons.com The U.S. dollar weakens 1% versus the Japanese yen, following what people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal was an overnight intervention by the Bank of…

Plummeting Yen Sparks Fear Across Global Markets

tftc.io Recent trends have shown a significant decline in the value of Japan's yen, reaching levels below 157 against the dollar, a marked drop from approximately 152 a month prior.…

Bitcoin Trades At Slight Premium in Yen Terms Amid Suspected BOJ Intervention

coindesk.com traded at a slight premium on Japanese markets on Monday as the sliding yen (JPY) suddenly switched gears and surged against the greenback, bearing all hallmarks of central…

Japanese Financial Authorities Intervened in Forex Market to Support Yen

wsj.com The yen strengthened sharply, bouncing after it briefly hit a new 34-year low of 160 against the dollar on waning expectations for near-term rate increases from the Bank of…

Can the plunging yen drive Bitcoin higher? How the Fed and other factors will move crypto prices

dlnews.com Crypto observers expect the Bitcoin halving to translate into a surge for the world’s biggest cryptocurrency. However, two weeks after the event, Bitcoin is still trembling…

Stock market today: U.S. futures up after Friday tech rally

newsweek.com Global stocks and U.S. futures were up Monday following a Wall Street rally on Friday driven by strong tech earnings. Bumper results from Microsoft and Google parent…

What’s Happening Between the US Dollar & Japanese Yen in 2024?

watcher.guru The latest turbulence between the US Dollar [USD] and the Japanese yen [JPY] has gripped the attention of the globe. The yen breached the significant 160 per dollar mark,…

Why Japanese Yen Strengthens Sharply Against US Dollar (USD), Shocks Crypto & Stocks

coingape.com made a sharp recovery against the US dollar after falling to 160 on Monday, a low last seen in October 1986. JPY fell to a low of 160 but saw a sudden recovery to 156…

Stock market today: Asian shares rise, cheered by last week's tech rally on Wall Street

apnews.com Asian shares were trading higher Monday amid optimism over the rally that ended the week on Wall Street, although eyes were on the Federal Reserve policy meeting set for…

Japan's yen jumps against the dollar on suspected intervention

investing.com The yen jumped suddenly against the dollar on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities to boost the currency that is languishing near…

Asia FX muted amid Fed jitters, yen rebounds on potential intervention

investing.com Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved little on Monday as markets turned cautious before a Federal Reserve meeting this week, while the Japanese yen rebounded after…

Yen Rebounds After a Slide Past 160 for First Time Since 1990

finance.yahoo.com The yen swung in holiday-thinned market conditions, punching through 160 per dollar to touch the weakest level in 34 years before erasing all its losses for the day and…

Yen Hits 160 to the Dollar

wsj.com The Japanese yen briefly hit a new 34-year low of 160 against the dollar, on waning expectations for near-term rate increases from the Bank of Japan.

Japanese yen weakens to 160 against the U.S. dollar for the first time since 1990

cnbc.com The Japanese yen weakened to 160 against the U.S. dollar in Monday morning trading in Asia. The yen briefly touched 160.03 against the dollar, the weakest level since April…

'FX Vigilantes' Strike

zerohedge.com 'FX Vigilantes' Strike - Yen Suddenly Crashes To April 1990 Lows Against The Dollar The yen crashed in early Asia trading, tumbling to match is exact lows from April 1990 in…

Japanese yen weak, USDJPY rises past 160 on middling BOJ, Fed fears

investing.com Investing.com-- The Japanese yen weakened further on Monday, seeing little relief after middling signals from the Bank of Japan and increased expectations of…

Yen trips past 160-per-dollar to April 1990 lows

finance.yahoo.com The Japanese yen hit its weakest levels since April 1990 on Monday, in trading thinned by a holiday in Japan and attempts by traders to test key levels and stop-loss orders…

Yen Slides, Asian Stocks Track US Peers Higher: Markets Wrap

finance.yahoo.com A slide in the Japanese yen to its weakest since 1990 has put currency traders on edge, while Asian stocks climbed after US equities notched the best weekly rally of 2024. •…

Fed Rate Doubts Have Options Traders Covering Both Hikes and Cuts

finance.yahoo.com Treasury options traders are protecting against everything from multiple interest-rate cuts this year to a hike ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting this week. • None…

Yen drops past 160 to fresh 34-year low against the dollar

asia.nikkei.com TOKYO -- The Japanese yen briefly dropped past 160 to the U.S. dollar on Monday morning, marking another fresh 34-year low against the greenback. The slide comes after the…

Yen briefly hits ¥160 to the dollar, falling to lowest level in 34 years

japantimes.co.jp The yen briefly hit ¥160 against the dollar Monday morning, as the Japanese currency continues to fall against other major currencies, hitting its lowest level since April…

"What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping" Asks BOJ Head Ueda As The Yen Collapses

zerohedge.com "What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping" Asks BOJ Head Ueda As The Yen Collapses By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management "What is the sound of one hand clapping,"…

When will Japan intervene to support the yen?

japantimes.co.jp As the yen continues to fall against other major currencies, the focus is on when the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan might intervene in the currency market to…

Video: Why the yen is so weak and what's next

forexlive.com The weakening yen is unpopular in Japan and pressure is mounting on politicians for action but there are no easy answers. I spoke with BNNBloomberg about the issues: 1) Rate…

Here’s the scenario that ‘nobody’s really prepared for,’ says UBS Wealth’s CIO

finance.yahoo.com It’s been a roller coaster week for earnings and data, though Microsoft and Alphabet results are cheering up tech. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is looking like…

Bitcoin Chops Around $64K, With Japanese Yen's Tumble Maybe Signaling 'Currency Turmoil,' Analyst Says

coindesk.com Cryptocurrencies, widely known for their often volatile nature, were a sea of calm Friday as the Japanese yen's tumble to a fresh 34-year low against the U.S. dollar left…

Stock market today: Alphabet and Microsoft help Wall Street clinch its best week in nearly 6 months

apnews.com The best week for U.S. stocks since November closed out with more gains thanks to Alphabet and Microsoft on Friday. The S&P 500 rallied 1% to finish its first winning week…