# There’s a Flood of Japanese Money Rushing Into Dollar Assets - Bloomberg

> Japanese investors are piling into long-term dollar swaps, with the yen-dollar basis for 30-year contracts plunging to its most negative this year in late May. The basis has stayed near those levels even after the Federal Reserve expanded market liquidity.

- Date: 2020-06-18 · published 2020-06-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52848-there-s-a-flood-of-japanese-money-rushing-into-dollar-assets-bloomberg
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy Japanese buying of dollar assets reflects currency-funding pressure that supports the dollar against the yen. This is a financial flow with no direct effect on grain, oilseed or feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2016-11-17 | [A Primer on the Dollar's Surge - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8326-a-primer-on-the-dollar-s-surge-bloomberg.md) | +1.1% | +1.7% |
| DXY | 2019-08-20 | [Trade Angst, More Than a Reluctant Fed, Is Buoying Dollar - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57759-trade-angst-more-than-a-reluctant-fed-is-buoying-dollar-bloomberg.md) | +0.2% | -0.3% |
| DXY | 2021-12-29 | [Dollar’s best days look numbered as funds rush to front-run Fed - Moneyweb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43787-dollar-s-best-days-look-numbered-as-funds-rush-to-front-run-fed-moneyweb.md) | -0.2% | +0.5% |
| DXY | 2026-06-18 | [Dollar Rally Extends as Fed Signals Rate Hike Likely in Coming Months - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11989-dollar-rally-extends-as-fed-signals-rate-hike-likely-in-coming-months-bloomberg.md) | +1.4% | +1.0% |
| DXY | 2024-04-09 | [ECB-Fed Rates Split Ignites Talk of Euro Sliding to Dollar Parity - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9973-ecb-fed-rates-split-ignites-talk-of-euro-sliding-to-dollar-parity-bloomberg.md) | +1.4% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-18/there-s-a-flood-of-japanese-money-rushing-into-dollar-assets

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