• BoJ’s Ueda: Will raise rates if improvement in economy and price conditions continues

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15 enero 2025

BoJ’s Ueda: Will raise rates if improvement in economy and price conditions continues

Speaking at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) branch manager meeting on Wednesday, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on that they “will raise rates and adjust degree of monetary support if improvement in economy and price conditions continues.”

Additional quotes

Will make a decision next week.

Watching developments in the US economy.

Momentum heading into spring wage negotiations is crucial.

There was a lot of positive talk about wage hikes at the meeting.

Timing of adjusting monetary policy is up to future economic, price, and financial conditions.

Market reaction

The Japanese Yen has picked up fresh bids on these comments, dragging USD/JPY 0.25% lower on the day to near 157.50.

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 British Pound.

  USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD   0.03% 0.03% -0.27% -0.03% -0.06% -0.11% -0.04%
EUR -0.03%   0.02% -0.29% -0.07% -0.08% -0.12% -0.07%
GBP -0.03% -0.02%   -0.33% -0.06% -0.09% -0.13% -0.06%
JPY 0.27% 0.29% 0.33%   0.26% 0.22% 0.18% 0.25%
CAD 0.03% 0.07% 0.06% -0.26%   -0.04% -0.07% -0.00%
AUD 0.06% 0.08% 0.09% -0.22% 0.04%   -0.03% 0.04%
NZD 0.11% 0.12% 0.13% -0.18% 0.07% 0.03%   0.07%
CHF 0.04% 0.07% 0.06% -0.25% 0.00% -0.04% -0.07%  

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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