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USD/JPY Little Higher, Japan's Services PMI Edges Down
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 1:01am | 47Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.00, up 0.20. The pair is trading choppy and just under the session highs. Market chatter about comments from global policy makers and headline news is making the rounds. Japan's Nikkei services PMI (purchasing managers survey) edged down to 51.9 in January versus 52.3...
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USD/JPY Moves Down, Consumer Confidence Little Changed
Thursday, February 2, 2017 - 4:55am | 40Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 112.49, down 0.82. The pair is trading at session lows. Market chatter about global money flows and headline news is making the rounds. Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence rose to 43.2 in January versus 43.1 in December.
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USD/JPY Trading Higher, Japan Manufacturing PMI Edges Up
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 - 6:33am | 52Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.37, up 0.59. The pair is trading just under the session highs. Market chatter about global money flows and headline news is making the rounds. Japan's Nikkei Manufacturing PMI (purchasing managers survey) for January rose to 52.7 versus 52.4 in December. Japan's cabinet...
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USD/JPY Erases Losses
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 2:02pm | 66Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.03, down 0.65. The pair has ersaed a good portion of the session losses. Trading is choppy. Market chatter about global headline news, money flows comments by policy makers has kept buyers and sellers active. In other Forex Markets; EUR/USD is trading at 1.0782, up 0....
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USD/JPY Little Changed, Japan's Housing Starts Rise Eases
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 1:49am | 50Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.54, down 0.14. Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported that year over year construction orders during December rose 7.1 percent after falling 6 percent in November. Year over year housing starts in Japan during December eased to a rise of 3.9...
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USD/JPY Little Changed, BOJ Makes No change to Policy
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 1:37am | 75Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.53, down 0.16. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) left the nation's interest rate unchanged at negative 0.1 percent. BOJ policymakers decided to maintain the 10-year government bond yield target around zero percent and raised their economic growth forecast for the 2017 fiscal year to...
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USD/JPY Little Lower, Japan's Industrial Production Steady
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 1:30am | 45Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.46, down 0.22. Japan's Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry reported that December industrial production rose 0.5 percent versus a rise of 1.5 percent in November. Year over year industrial production in Japan during December rose 3 percent versus a rise of 4.6 percent...
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USD/JPY Little Lower, Household Spending in Japan Slips
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 1:24am | 69Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.44, down 0.23. The pair is trading near the session lows. Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported that unemployment was unchanged at 3.1 percent in December versus 3.1 percent in November. The agency reported that household spending in Japan fell...
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USD/JPY Falls Ahead of Data and BOJ
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 1:07pm | 130Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.83, down 1.25. The pair is trading near the session lows as overseas forex traders wind down trading for the day. Market chatter about global headline news and money flows is constant and has kept both buyers and sellers active. Chatter about Japan's economic data due out...
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USD/JPY Little Lower, Retail Sales Ease in Japan.
Monday, January 30, 2017 - 5:32am | 69Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 114.75, down 0.33. The pair is trading a little lower on the session and just under the session highs. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry reported that retail sales in Japan eased to a rise of 0.6 percent year over year in December versus a rise of 1.7 percent in...
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USD/JPY Higher, Focus on BOJ Meeting
Friday, January 27, 2017 - 9:44am | 134Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 115.21, up 0.77. The pair is trading at session highs. Market chatter about global headline news and money flows is constant. Chatter about Japan's economic data due out over the weekend and the Bank of Japan policy meeting is making the rounds. Japan's Ministry of Economy,...
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USD/JPY Moves Up, CPI In Japan Slips
Friday, January 27, 2017 - 5:29am | 92Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 115.06, up 0.63. Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported that December year over year consumer prices (CPI) eased to a rise of 0.3 percent from a rise of 0.5 percent during November. Japan's Core consumer prices fell 0.2 percent versus a year ago after...
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USD/JPY Moves Up
Thursday, January 26, 2017 - 6:19am | 55Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 114.22, up 0.94. The pair is trading very choppy and near the session highs. Market chatter about global headline news and money flows is constant and has kept both buyers and sellers active. Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and ommunications is scheduled to release...
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USD/JPY Moves Up
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 9:44am | 61Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.61, down 0.24. The pair is trading a little firm and has erased a good portion of the session losses. Market chatter about global headline news and money flows is constant and has kept both buyers and sellers active. Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications...
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USD/JPY Little Lower, Japan's Trade Surplus Widens
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 - 6:01am | 46Read More...USD/JPY is trading at 113.57, down 0.29. Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) reported that exports rose by 5.4 percent versus a year ago in December. Imports fell 2.6 percent versus a year ago. Japan recorded a 641.4 JPY billion surplus in December versus a 153 JPY billion surplus a year earlier.

