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WORLD FOREX: Yen Drops As Japan Data Whet Risk Appetite

The euro and dollar rose against the yen in Asia Thursday after better-than-expected Japan machinery orders data pushed up local share prices, increasing investors' risk appetite. Japan's core machinery orders rose 1.4% on month in February [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

SKorea, China, Japan to discuss expanding currency swap deal

South Korea, China and Japan will hold talks this month on expanding a currency swap arrangement to bolster defences against the global financial crisis, a senior Seoul official said Tuesday. Yonhap news agency said Seoul wants to increase [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Japan says yen rise unreal, Nissan sees long crisis

Japan attempted on Tuesday to hold back the threat of the global credit crisis by curbing the ability of investors to bet on falling stock prices and tried to play down the rapid rise in the yen, saying it did not reflect economic reality. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Japan's Yen Posts Weekly Drop Versus Euro as U.S. Stocks Ral...

The yen posted its first weekly decline against the euro in a month as a rally in U.S. stocks encouraged investors to buy higher-yielding assets funded by low-cost loans in Japan. Japan's currency also fell versus the Brazilian real and t [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

US, Europe, Japan drew up dollar rescue plan in March

The authorities in the United States, Europe and Japan drew up an emergency plan in March to rescue the plunging dollar if the currency went into freefall, a newspaper report said Thursday. The contingency plan, which was crafted amid US f [...]

Posted On : Aug, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

European currency falls to 15-day low against Japanese yen

During early deals on Friday, the European currency traded down against its major counterparts. The euro declined to a 15-day low versus the Japanese yen, 8-day low against the British pound and a 2-day low versus the US dollar. Adding to [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Yen Climbs After Moody's Raises Japan's Local-Currency Ratin...

The yen rose, paring its biggest quarterly decline against the euro in five years, after Moody's Investors Service raised Japan's local-currency debt rating. The yen climbed by the most in almost a month against the euro after Moody's sai [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Gritty Japanese investors keep yen carry trade alive

The yen carry trade has not only survived the past nine months of financial market mayhem, but the decade-old investment strategy looks set to stay for many years to come thanks to its most ardent devotees Japanese investors. The carry tra [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Dollar Sales by Japanese Investors Reach Record High

Dollar sales by Japanese individual investors on the Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. rose to a record high on speculation the U.S. economy will suffer a recession. Housewives, pensioners and businessmen accelerated sales of the U.S. cu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Yen Rises From One-Month Low as Japanese Economy Accelerates

The yen rose against all 16 of the most-traded currencies after the Japanese economy expanded twice as fast as expected in the fourth quarter, led by overseas sales. Japan's currency recovered from a one-month low against the dollar as t [...]

Posted On : Feb, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

Yen Falls as Japan Investors May Buy Assets Abroad With Bonu...

The yen fell against all 16 of the world's most-active currencies on speculation Japanese investors receiving their winter bonuses are sending money overseas to purchase higher-yielding assets.The currency dropped the most versus the New Ze [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Forex - Dollar gains vs yen as investors buy stocks using Ja...

The US dollar gained against the yen in afternoon Asian trade on Wednesday, as lower interest rates in Japan and gains on Wall Street encouraged carry trades.'Carry trades are back, but we have yet to see whether they are back with a vengea [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2007 | Comments : 0

Dollar inches up versus yen in Asian trading as Japanese cur...

The dollar rose slightly against the yen Tuesday in Asia as short-term investors sold the Japanese currency to take profits despite its increasingly bullish outlook.The U.S. dollar moved to 110.17 yen, up from 110.05 yen late Monday in New [...]

Posted On : Nov, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

Yen Snaps Three-day Slide; Japanese Exporters Buy the Curren...

Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The yen rose, snapping a three-day slide against the dollar and the euro, on speculation Japanese exporters bought the currency to settle month-end accounts.The yen gained against 15 of the 16 most-active curr [...]