• Japan’s Hayashi: Will take appropriate steps on excessive FX moves

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27 June 2024

Japan’s Hayashi: Will take appropriate steps on excessive FX moves

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi echoed comments from the country’s Finance Minister Shunich Suzuki on Wednesday, noting that he “will take appropriate steps on excessive fx moves.“

Additional quotes

Won't comment on forex levels and potential FX intervention.

Important for currencies to move in stable manner reflecting fundamentals.

Rapid FX moves undesirable.

Market reaction

Following these comments, USD/JPY is losing 0.23% on the day to trade near 160.40, extending its pullback from near four-decade highs of 160.87.

Japanese Yen PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of Japanese Yen (JPY) against listed major currencies today. Japanese Yen was the strongest against the US Dollar.

  USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD   -0.10% -0.06% -0.26% -0.04% -0.10% 0.03% -0.08%
EUR 0.10%   0.03% -0.15% 0.04% 0.00% 0.09% 0.00%
GBP 0.06% -0.03%   -0.18% 0.01% -0.02% 0.10% -0.01%
JPY 0.26% 0.15% 0.18%   0.20% 0.14% 0.24% 0.18%
CAD 0.04% -0.04% -0.01% -0.20%   -0.07% 0.06% -0.04%
AUD 0.10% -0.00% 0.02% -0.14% 0.07%   0.13% 0.00%
NZD -0.03% -0.09% -0.10% -0.24% -0.06% -0.13%   -0.10%
CHF 0.08% -0.01% 0.01% -0.18% 0.04% 0.00% 0.10%  

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 Japanese Yen from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent JPY (base)/USD (quote).

 

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