After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports brings more yen and euros than they would if the dollar were more competitive.
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This should be yen positive, as the trade surplus argument always favors the yen.
The current-account-surplus argument is always yen supportive.
The market may see this as just rhetoric, and it shows they're not leaving China with any agreement to strengthen the yuan. The yen is most sensitive to changes in expectations on the yuan.
The synergy GM gets from Isuzu is the biggest among its alliances in Japan because it's buying 200 billion yen of diesel engines every year from Isuzu.
The rebounding dollar-yen is helping give a lift to the bond market, ... People are taking some comfort from the fact that it appears officials will act to keep the yen from rising too much, and the fact that there's less anticipation of an Oct. 5 rate hike.
The yen looks too cheap in a world where the BOJ may be removing its zero-rate policy in the months ahead. Yen fundamentals are increasingly too strong, and the currency too weak, to justify further declines.
There is a sense of accomplishment in the market, having succeeded in boosting the dollar above the key 116 yen level.
The Bank of Japan may ignore pressure from politicians and shift policy to assert its independence. Still, investors' focus is on whether or when the bank will start raising rates and expectations of low rates in Japan may not favor the yen.
Money should flow into Japanese government bonds, including from foreign investors. It wouldn't be surprising for the recent rise in yen interest rates, which had been ignored by the market until now, to garner attention.
Everything has been put into question, first by the opposition and second by the opposition to Hashimoto within the LDP, ... That means delay, no resolute policy action, and that means that for stocks and the yen, there is no anchor of hope.
There was yen strength on the anticipation the Bank of Japan could be changing its monetary policy. Those expectations have been curbed.
It just seems to be yen buying across the board at the moment, which is probably to some extent a reflection of money being brought back home ahead of the fiscal year-end.
Expectations foreign investors will keep putting more money into Japanese equities are supporting the yen. Growing support for Koizumi is also positive for the yen because he is considered a reformer. A victory means a stable administration, which will make it easier to promote reform.
Yen Hui What is fasting of the heart Confucius The goal of fasting is inner unity. This means hearing, but not with the ear hearing, but not with the understanding hearing with the spirit, with your whole being... The hearing of the spirit is not limited to any one faculty, to the ear, or to the mind. Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind. Fasting of the heart empties the faculties, frees you from limitation and from preoccupation. Fasting of the heart begets unity and freedom. Yen Hui I see. What was standing in my way was my own self-awareness. If I can begin this fasting of the heart, self awareness will vanish.
A strong CPI number would certainly back up many players' expectations for a monetary policy change in April. Considering the high number of yen-short positions, there are risks for yen appreciation in the near term.