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Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... 2.6% versus the greenback this year to date (it was up 2.5% pre-Trump) and at the close of last week's trade the Japanese yen's strength against the US dollar has weakened to 8.5% (year-to-date) from 16.7% the week before Trump became US president-elect. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing with Yield Curve Control"" announced this month, the on-going strength in the Japanese yen provides indication that this new initiative is, at the very least, insufficient.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... manufacturers soared by 17.7 percent while those from non-manufacturing sector rose by 2.1%. However, note that the Japanese yen was trading at around the ¥105-110 level in May and June. The Japanese currency is currently around ¥101.25. As history ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... averaged US 0.728 cents for the year and was 13% lower than 2014-15. The AUD followed a similar trend against the Japanese Yen and the Korean Won, 11% below year-ago levels against the Yen at ¥ 85, and 5% lower year-on-year against the Korean Won at ...

Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... export markets (2015) - down 1.1% versus the US dollar; down 0.6% against the Chinese yuan; down 4.5% vis-A -vis the Japanese yen. And while the local currency went up against the British pound - up 7.3% -- and the euro - up 1.0% -- the Department of ...

He pleaded, he promised, he threatened

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... other word is... Shhh, the G-7 might hear us. Kuroda san's verbal nagging appeared to have worked... for now. The Japanese yen depreciated by 2.6% to ¥109.10 from this year's high at the end of last week's trading, though it remains 10.7% higher than ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the US dollar even before 2015 turned into 2016. And this is creating big time ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... the 6.6 decline registered in March 2011 when the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown hit the country. The Japanese yen was trading at below ¥80 a dollar back then. Caixin China Composite PMI The Caixin China Composite PMI - manufacturing and ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... negative territory if judged as necessary". The latest GDP growth numbers - along with the recent strengthening in the Japanese yen - suggest it's now necessary (or at least, very, very close to it). The yen has risen from last year's low of Â¥125.63 ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... month. The hope is that the BOJ's introduction of negative interest rates would ease current upward pressure on the Japanese yen while at the same time stimulate lending and consumption in the domestic economy. "It will cut the interest rate further ...