Japan likely to intervene if yen falls well below 152 vs $, says ex-FX diplomat Yamazaki

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 24 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

TOKYO : Japanese authorities will likely intervene in the currency market if the yen breaks out of a range it has been in for years and falls well below 152 per dollar, former top currency diplomat Tatsuo Yamazaki said on Thursday.

FILE PHOTO: People walk in front of the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, Japan January 23, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo/File Photo

The fact Japanese authorities have described recent yen declines as driven by some"speculative moves" suggest the authorities are seriously contemplating whether to step in or not, said Yamazaki, who oversaw Japan's 35 trillion yen intervention campaign to weaken the currency in 2003 through 2004. Markets remain on alert for the chance of intervention by Tokyo as the dollar hovers near the 34-year high of 151.975 hit on Wednesday of last week.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Tokyo expected to be mainland Japan’s earliest bloomer in sakura seasonThis comes as Tokyo suffers the double whammy of warmer temperatures and the “heat island effect”.
Source: straits_times - 🏆 5. / 69 Read more »

Pretty in pink: Tokyo leads Japan as sakura flowers blossom earlier than beforeThis comes as Tokyo suffers the double whammy of warmer temperatures and the “heat island effect”.
Source: The Straits Times - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

Japan lifts partial ban on ride-hailing in Tokyo, KyotoFrom April 1, the Japanese authorities will lift a partial ban on ride-hailing services and allow private-hire cars to operate in four places, including Tokyo and Kyoto, as part of efforts to plug a shortage of taxi drivers in the country. Japanese newspaper The Mainichi...
Source: thenewpaper - 🏆 7. / 63 Read more »

Japan lifts partial ban to give green light to ride-hailing services in Tokyo, KyotoJapan has long banned services that allow private-hire drivers to serve as unofficial cabbies.
Source: The Straits Times - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

Magnitude-6.0 quake shakes northeast Japan, no tsunami alertTOKYO — A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan's Fukushima region on Thursday (April 4), the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »