Japanese yen
158 JPY / USD
−0.25% day
How many yen one US dollar buys, so a rising line is a weaker yen. Japan pays for nearly all its energy in dollars, and its low interest rates have long made the yen the currency the world borrows cheaply.
Oct 22 · 157.710846 JPY / USD · +0.5% vs the window’s open
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| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 19low | 156.877463 JPY / USD | |
| Sep 20 | 156.877463 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Sep 21 | 156.950667 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Sep 22 | 157.496125 JPY / USD | +0.3% |
| Sep 23 | 157.673667 JPY / USD | +0.1% |
| Sep 24 | 158.037150 JPY / USD | +0.2% |
| Sep 25 | 158.363950 JPY / USD | +0.2% |
| Sep 26 | 157.295029 JPY / USD | −0.7% |
| Sep 27 | 157.285000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Sep 28 | 157.764800 JPY / USD | +0.3% |
| Sep 29 | 157.535000 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Sep 30 | 157.148020 JPY / USD | −0.2% |
| Oct 1 | 158.277625 JPY / USD | +0.7% |
| Oct 2 | 157.861682 JPY / USD | −0.3% |
| Oct 3 | 157.835009 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 4 | 157.840000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 5 | 158.102917 JPY / USD | +0.2% |
| Oct 6 | 158.149000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 7high | 158.425375 JPY / USD | +0.2% |
| Oct 8 | 158.233375 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Oct 9 | 158.108000 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Oct 10 | 158.285000 JPY / USD | +0.1% |
| Oct 11 | 158.285000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 12 | 158.335500 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 13 | 158.285900 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 14 | 158.146792 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Oct 15 | 157.963286 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Oct 16 | 157.824389 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Oct 17 | 158.025066 JPY / USD | +0.1% |
| Oct 18 | 158.015000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 19 | 158.090818 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Oct 20 | 158.181889 JPY / USD | +0.1% |
| Oct 21 | 158.100556 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Oct 22latest | 157.710846 JPY / USD | −0.2% |
Lately
Yen-priced imports cost 24.5% more than a year ago, as the Iran war lifted energy costs and a weak yen compounded them. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama says inflation is turning wage-driven, a case for raising the Bank of Japan's 1.25% rate, already a 31-year high, even as Tokyo cuts the consumption tax to cushion households.