# Japan's top currency diplomat escalates warning against weak yen

> Japan's top currency diplomat escalated warnings against the weak yen. The article attributes the currency's slide to monetary policy divergence, with the Bank of Japan continuing to ease while the US Federal Reserve has tightened aggressively to fight inflation.

- Date: 2023-06-26 · published 2023-06-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35735-japan-s-top-currency-diplomat-escalates-warning-against-weak-yen
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger official warnings raise the chance of yen intervention, which would cut the yen cost of imports for Japanese feed buyers. The policy gap also keeps the dollar firm, which tends to pressure dollar-priced commodities.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDJPY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2021-03-31 | [US dollar rises to one-year high against Japan's yen \| The Straits Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48355-us-dollar-rises-to-one-year-high-against-japan-s-yen-the-straits-times.md) | -0.9% | -2.0% |
| DXY | 2026-07-31 | [Yen Slips Back After Japan’s Coordinated Currency Defense - Finimize](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18585-yen-slips-back-after-japan-s-coordinated-currency-defense-finimize.md) | -0.1% | -1.1% |
| DXY | 2022-07-29 | [The strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Latin American currencies - Latinoamérica 21](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40785-the-strengthening-of-the-u-s-dollar-against-the-latin-american-currencies.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |
| DXY | 2017-05-18 | [Dollar spikes against major currencies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4359-dollar-spikes-against-major-currencies.md) | -0.1% | -0.8% |
| DXY | 2020-03-24 | [US dollar to test 105 against basket of currencies, says analyst](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6585-us-dollar-to-test-105-against-basket-of-currencies-says-analyst.md) | -2.3% | -2.4% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/japans-top-fx-diplomat-escalates-warning-against-weak-yen-2023-06-25/

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