Japan ex-currency tsar sees structural factors behind yen weakness By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Banknotes of Japanese yen are seen in this illustration picture taken September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – A former top Japanese financial official said on Wednesday yen weakness might be caused not only by interest rate differentials between Japan and the United States

Yen teetering near multi-decade lows keeps markets on intervention watch By Reuters

© Reuters. A Japan Yen note is seen in this illustration photo taken June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration By Rae Wee and Alun John SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) -The Japanese yen was under pressure on Tuesday, as traders waited for important U.S. inflation data which could either provide some relief for the beleaguered currency or push the

Bitcoin miners make money ahead of ‘halving’ By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken at La Maison du Bitcoin in Paris, France, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – miners are making hay while the sun shines. The business has been yanked out of the doldrums by the

Dollar rises to fresh one-year high vs battered yen By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar climbed to its highest levels in over a year against the Japanese yen on Monday, supported by a scaling back of

Dollar dips against euro, gains on yen as Fed policy stays in focus By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar dipped against the euro on Friday but gained against the yen as investors evaluated comments by Federal Reserve

Dollar gains after Powell warns on rates, yen at one-week low By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and Euro banknotes are seen in this illustration taken July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar gained on Thursday and hit a one-week high against the Japanese yen after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that Fed policymakers are “are not

Swiss respond to removal from US currency manipulation list By Reuters

© Reuters. ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss National Bank responded on Wednesday to the U.S. Treasury removing Switzerland from its monitoring list of countries that appeared to be manipulating their currencies. The SNB said it noted the decision, which came in the Treasury’s semi-annual report into the currency policies of the United States’ major trading

Indian rupee to trade near record lows despite surging growth By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An India Rupee note is seen in this illustration photo June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo By Milounee Purohit and Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Indian rupee will trade near record lows against the dollar over the coming months, according to a Reuters poll of FX strategists who also said