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DAILY · Open Exchange Rates

Japanese yen

156 JPY / USD -0.35% day

The exchange rate between Japan's currency and the US dollar, quoted as yen per dollar, so a higher number means a weaker yen. Japan imports almost all its fuel, and a cheap yen raises the cost of every barrel it lands.

Sep 7 · 156.051740 JPY / USD · −1.1% vs the window’s open

Open Exchange Rates · daily
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Aug 9157.804996 JPY / USD
Aug 10158.201286 JPY / USD+0.3%
Aug 11159.205929 JPY / USD+0.6%
Aug 12159.427667 JPY / USD+0.1%
Aug 13159.428500 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 14159.384000 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 15159.304000 JPY / USD−0.1%
Aug 16159.304000 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 17159.095067 JPY / USD−0.1%
Aug 18159.555286 JPY / USD+0.3%
Aug 19159.425500 JPY / USD−0.1%
Aug 20158.897000 JPY / USD−0.3%
Aug 21158.965078 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 22158.965078 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 23158.965078 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 24158.932833 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 25159.331000 JPY / USD+0.3%
Aug 26158.960750 JPY / USD−0.2%
Aug 27159.348500 JPY / USD+0.2%
Aug 28159.449667 JPY / USD+0.1%
Aug 29160.085000 JPY / USD+0.4%
Aug 30160.085000 JPY / USD0.0%
Aug 31159.804750 JPY / USD−0.2%
Sep 1159.806000 JPY / USD0.0%
Sep 2high160.211400 JPY / USD+0.3%
Sep 3157.773353 JPY / USD−1.5%
Sep 4156.368000 JPY / USD−0.9%
Sep 5156.265016 JPY / USD−0.1%
Sep 6156.595000 JPY / USD+0.2%
Sep 7latest156.051740 JPY / USD−0.3%

Lately

The slide past 160 came from the gap between a Bank of Japan that has not moved and a Treasury market pricing thirty-year yields at 5.3%, a level last seen in 2007, with an oil shock pushing Fed hike odds to two-in-three. Treasury Secretary Bessent then pressed Tokyo publicly to raise rates.

  1. Yen Slides Past 160
  2. Bessent Presses Japan’s Central Bank
  3. Oil Shock Threatens Fed Cut
  4. Treasury Yields Hit 5.3%

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  1. Bessent Presses Japan’s Central Bank CoinDesk
  2. Yen Slides Past 160 Bloomberg Business
  3. Treasury Yields Hit 5.3% Responsible Statecraft