The new member of the Bank Council of Japan (BOJ), Kazuyuki Masu, said Tuesday that “I would like to examine how prices move after the recent increase in the price of rice is moderate.”
Additional quotes
I have no strong discrepancy with the opinion of the BOJ that the underlying inflation is still below 2%.
Automobiles are the backbone of Japan exports to the US.
Market reaction
At the time of writing, USD/JPY is lowering 0.70% in the day to 143.02, with the Japanese Yen without being affected by these previous comments.
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 strongest currency in front of the euro.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | Aud | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.07% | -0.22% | -0.70% | -0.05% | -0.09% | -0.25% | -0.32% | |
| EUR | -0.07% | -0.28% | -0.86% | -0.11% | -0.07% | -0.32% | -0.37% | |
| GBP | 0.22% | 0.28% | -0.45% | 0.20% | 0.21% | -0.04% | -0.08% | |
| JPY | 0.70% | 0.86% | 0.45% | 0.71% | 0.61% | 0.44% | 0.40% | |
| CAD | 0.05% | 0.11% | -0.20% | -0.71% | -0.06% | -0.24% | -0.28% | |
| Aud | 0.09% | 0.07% | -0.21% | -0.61% | 0.06% | -0.25% | -0.31% | |
| NZD | 0.25% | 0.32% | 0.04% | -0.44% | 0.24% | 0.25% | -0.05% | |
| CHF | 0.32% | 0.37% | 0.08% | -0.40% | 0.28% | 0.31% | 0.05% |
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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