Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, “Japan's long-term yield rate remains stable under the yield curve control (YCC) policy,” as cited by a Japanese government official.
“Market sentiment continues to improve.”
“Yen rate against dollar slightly volatile partly due to interest rate differentials.”
“BoJ to maintain accommodative monetary environment for firms.”
USD/JPY is recovering slightly from intraday lows of 140.60 on the above comments. The pair was last seen trading at 140.72, down 0.13% so far.