Japan’s Kato: Will take appropriate action against excessive moves
Japan’s Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Friday that they “will take appropriate action against excessive moves.”
Additional quotes
Important for currencies to move in stable manner reflecting fundamentals.
Recently seeing one-sided, sharp FX moves.
Concerned about recent FX moves.
Will continue to coordinate with overseas authorities on forex policies.
Market reaction
USD/JPY is erasing gains, retreating toward 157.00 following these above comments. The pair is currently trading modestly flat on the day.
Japanese Yen PRICE Today
The table below shows the percentage change of Japanese Yen (JPY) against listed major currencies today. Japanese Yen was the strongest against the Australian Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.07% | 0.21% | 0.15% | 0.01% | |
| EUR | -0.03% | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.18% | 0.13% | -0.02% | |
| GBP | -0.03% | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.04% | 0.18% | 0.13% | -0.02% | |
| JPY | -0.05% | -0.02% | -0.02% | 0.04% | 0.20% | 0.11% | -0.00% | |
| CAD | -0.07% | -0.04% | -0.04% | -0.04% | 0.14% | 0.09% | -0.06% | |
| AUD | -0.21% | -0.18% | -0.18% | -0.20% | -0.14% | -0.05% | -0.20% | |
| NZD | -0.15% | -0.13% | -0.13% | -0.11% | -0.09% | 0.05% | -0.15% | |
| CHF | -0.01% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.20% | 0.15% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Japanese Yen from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent JPY (base)/USD (quote).