- Japan’s Hayashi: Closely watching FX moves with a high sense of urgency
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Japan’s Hayashi: Closely watching FX moves with a high sense of urgency
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Wednesday, he is “closely watching FX moves with a high sense of urgency.”
Additional quotes
Won't comment on forex levels.
Important for currencies to move in stable manner reflecting fundamentals.
Market reaction
USD/JPY is testing lows near 150.35 following the above comments, losing 0.28% on the day.
Japanese Yen price this week
The table below shows the percentage change of Japanese Yen (JPY) against listed major currencies this week. Japanese Yen was the strongest against the Swiss Franc.
| USD | EUR | GBP | CAD | AUD | JPY | NZD | CHF | |
| USD | 0.80% | 0.54% | 0.73% | 0.77% | 0.82% | 1.14% | 1.38% | |
| EUR | -0.83% | -0.27% | -0.08% | -0.03% | 0.01% | 0.32% | 0.58% | |
| GBP | -0.54% | 0.27% | 0.20% | 0.25% | 0.29% | 0.61% | 0.85% | |
| CAD | -0.74% | 0.08% | -0.19% | 0.04% | 0.09% | 0.40% | 0.66% | |
| AUD | -0.81% | 0.03% | -0.24% | -0.05% | 0.04% | 0.34% | 0.61% | |
| JPY | -0.84% | -0.01% | -0.26% | -0.10% | -0.05% | 0.31% | 0.55% | |
| NZD | -1.16% | -0.32% | -0.59% | -0.39% | -0.35% | -0.31% | 0.26% | |
| CHF | -1.42% | -0.60% | -0.87% | -0.67% | -0.63% | -0.59% | -0.26% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)/JPY (quote).
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