FXY News and Press, Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust From 08/01/23

2023-08-01 07:05:00 ET Summary The Reserve Bank of Australia left rates steady and the poor Chinese Caixin PMI is weighing on the Australian dollar, which is off about 1.25% today. Sterling is the best G10 performer, off about 0.1%. Emerging market currencies are also nearly all l...

2023-08-01 05:05:00 ET Summary The BoJ announced a change in its yield curve control (YCC) policy, which has been in effect for seven years. The bank’s policy has kept the 10y JGB rate at zero and its base rate at -0.1% at a time when other central banks have been raising i...

2023-08-01 01:33:33 ET The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI was revised upward to 49.6 in July 2023 from a flash reading of 49.4 but was lower than a final 49.8 in June. The latest result also pointed to the sixth contraction in factory activity so far this year, amid susta...

2023-07-31 08:14:00 ET Summary Emerging market currencies, outside of a handful of central European currencies and the Malaysian ringgit and South Korean won, are lower. Asia-Pacific equities rallied, with Taiwan being the only notable exception. Before the weekend, Chile beca...

2023-07-31 01:37:29 ET Retail sales volume in Japan grew 5.9% Y/Y in June 2023, accelerating slightly from an upwardly revised 5.8% increase in May and matching the consensus forecast. This was the 16th consecutive month of expansion in retail trade as consumption continued to r...

2023-07-30 12:15:00 ET Summary US dollar's recovery likely to extend into August, supported by potential increase in US CPI and stronger economic growth compared to Europe. Risk of a September Fed rate hike is greater than the market currently anticipates. Emerging market curr...

2023-07-28 12:58:25 ET Summary The Bank of Japan has taken steps to tighten its monetary policy, marking the beginning of the end of extreme easing. This shift could lead to an increase in global interest rates as Japanese investors sell foreign bonds and buy domestic bonds. T...

2023-07-28 10:45:00 ET Summary Today we have seen two major surprises from Japan. First, the Bank of Japan has made a tweak to its yield curve control policy. Second, Tokyo inflation unexpectedly rose to 3.2% in July. By Min Joo Kang | Chris Turner ...

2023-07-28 06:23:15 ET It's already been a big week for the world's biggest central banks, but the Bank of Japan had to get in on the action after a further round of rate hikes in the U.S. and Europe . The BOJ has remained an outlier on the world stage in the face of historic inflat...

2023-07-28 01:23:24 ET The Bank of Japan kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged at -0.1% and that of 10-year bond yields at around 0% in its July meeting by unanimous vote. The BOJ said it will still allow yields to fluctuate in the range of around plus and minus 0.5%, ...