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
the numbers30
| when | value | change |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 9 | 157.804996 JPY / USD | |
| Aug 10 | 158.201286 JPY / USD | +0.3% |
| Aug 11 | 159.205929 JPY / USD | +0.6% |
| Aug 12 | 159.427667 JPY / USD | +0.1% |
| Aug 13 | 159.428500 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 14 | 159.384000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 15 | 159.304000 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Aug 16 | 159.304000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 17 | 159.095067 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Aug 18 | 159.555286 JPY / USD | +0.3% |
| Aug 19 | 159.425500 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Aug 20 | 158.897000 JPY / USD | −0.3% |
| Aug 21 | 158.965078 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 22 | 158.965078 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 23 | 158.965078 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 24 | 158.932833 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 25 | 159.331000 JPY / USD | +0.3% |
| Aug 26 | 158.960750 JPY / USD | −0.2% |
| Aug 27 | 159.348500 JPY / USD | +0.2% |
| Aug 28 | 159.449667 JPY / USD | +0.1% |
| Aug 29 | 160.085000 JPY / USD | +0.4% |
| Aug 30 | 160.085000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Aug 31 | 159.804750 JPY / USD | −0.2% |
| Sep 1 | 159.806000 JPY / USD | 0.0% |
| Sep 2high | 160.211400 JPY / USD | +0.3% |
| Sep 3 | 157.773353 JPY / USD | −1.5% |
| Sep 4 | 156.368000 JPY / USD | −0.9% |
| Sep 5 | 156.265016 JPY / USD | −0.1% |
| Sep 6 | 156.595000 JPY / USD | +0.2% |
| Sep 7latest | 156.051740 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.