The governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), Kazuo Ueda, said Tuesday: “We will raise interest rates if we have enough confidence that the underlying inflation is close to 2% or moves around 2%.”
Additional quotes
If the economy and prices are under strong downward pressure, the BOJ has a limited margin to support growth with feat cuts, with the short -term rate even at 0.5%.
The underlying inflation remains below 2%.
The BOJ maintains the negative real interest rate so that the underlying inflation achieves 2% and maintains inflation in a sustainable and stable way in 2%.
Market reaction
The USD/JPY presents a solid rebound after these comments, currently negotiating 0.30% higher in the day in 145.00.
And in Japanese price today
The lower table shows the rate of change of Japanese Yen (JPY) compared to the main currencies today. Yen Japanese was the weakest currency against the US dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | Aud | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.20% | 0.13% | 0.29% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.15% | 0.19% | |
| EUR | -0.20% | -0.06% | 0.07% | -0.11% | -0.12% | -0.05% | 0.01% | |
| GBP | -0.13% | 0.06% | 0.08% | -0.05% | -0.06% | 0.01% | 0.08% | |
| JPY | -0.29% | -0.07% | -0.08% | -0.20% | -0.26% | -0.22% | -0.18% | |
| CAD | -0.06% | 0.11% | 0.05% | 0.20% | -0.01% | 0.06% | 0.13% | |
| Aud | -0.06% | 0.12% | 0.06% | 0.26% | 0.01% | 0.09% | 0.13% | |
| NZD | -0.15% | 0.05% | -0.01% | 0.22% | -0.06% | -0.09% | 0.06% | |
| CHF | -0.19% | -0.01% | -0.08% | 0.18% | -0.13% | -0.13% | -0.06% |
The heat map shows the percentage changes of the main currencies. The base currency is selected from the left column, while the contribution currency is selected in the upper row. For example, if you choose the Japanese yen from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US dollar, the percentage change shown in the picture will represent the JPY (base)/USD (quotation).
Source: Fx Street
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