# USD/JPY: Yen falls post BoJ and Fed meetings - Currency Live

> USD/JPY rose about 1% to near 150.72 after the BOJ held rates and Governor Ueda took a more dovish tone on the timing of future hikes. The US dollar index rose to about 100.05 after core PCE inflation came in at 2.8% year over year.

- Date: 2025-07-31 · published 2025-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24005-usd-jpy-yen-falls-post-boj-and-fed-meetings-currency-live
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Dovish BOJ guidance and firmer US inflation support a stronger dollar, which generally pressures dollar-priced grain and oilseed demand from yen-based buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDJPY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2019-12-06 | [AUD/USD: Trade Optimism & Forecast Beating NFP - Currency Live](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55814-aud-usd-trade-optimism-and-forecast-beating-nfp-currency-live.md) | -0.4% | -1.1% |
| DXY | 2022-04-28 | [JPY/USD: Yen’s Historic Fall Signals Rewrite of Global Currency Playbook - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42069-jpy-usd-yen-s-historic-fall-signals-rewrite-of-global-currency-playbook.md) | +0.1% | -0.4% |
| DXY | 2022-08-31 | [Yen JPY USD Falls to 24-Year Low as US-Japan Policy Gap Weighs - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40265-yen-jpy-usd-falls-to-24-year-low-as-us-japan-policy-gap-weighs-bloomberg.md) | +0.9% | +3.6% |
| DXY | 2018-10-31 | [USDJPY remains supported amid growing BoJ and Fed policy divergence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62770-usdjpy-remains-supported-amid-growing-boj-and-fed-policy-divergence.md) | -0.6% | -0.0% |
| DXY | 2019-07-30 | [Yen trades near three-week low before BOJ, Fed meetings \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58317-yen-trades-near-three-week-low-before-boj-fed-meetings-malay-mail.md) | +0.9% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- currencylive.com: https://currencylive.com/news/109649-usd-jpy-yen-falls-post-boj-and-fed-meetings/

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