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Yen gains after upbeat Japan GDP pares stimulus bets

May 18, 2016 7:44 am

The dollar notched its session high of 109.27 yen just ahead of the GDP release, and subsequently fell as low as 108.73.

Japan's Aso repeats explicit threat of yen-selling intervention

May 10, 2016 1:35 pm

The jawboning pushed the dollar up nearly 1 percent to around 108 yen on Tuesday, off the 18-month low of 105.55 yen hit last week.

Yen, commodity currencies pressured, dollar gains traction

May 10, 2016 8:19 am

The euro was a touch softer against the greenback at $1.1385 . The dollar index drifted to its highest in nearly two weeks, extending its rise from a 15-month trough set on May 3.

Dollar falls below 106.00 yen, lowest since Oct 2014

May 03, 2016 10:40 am

The Australian dollar slid 1.5 percent against the yen to 80.36 yen.

Dollar sets fresh 18-month low vs yen, Aussie awaits RBA

May 03, 2016 9:04 am

The US Treasury listing was seen as making it harder for Japan to intervene in the currency market to stem the yen's gains.

Japan wakes up to doomsday debt risk

February 18, 2012 1:42 pm

Govt borrows more than it raises in taxes; debt amounts to 2 years' worth of economic output.

Japanese stocks skid on soaring yen

March 17, 2011 7:21 pm

Japanese stocks fell today as soaring yen and increasing concerns over nuclear radiation prompted investors to offload shares,despite the central bank's pumping in another 6 trillion yen (USD 76 billion) into the quake-hit economy.