# Virus panic sends yen to seven-week high against dollar

> The yen hit a seven-week high against the dollar, rising about 1.2% to 107.77, as investors fled to safe-haven currencies on fears of coronavirus spread outside China. Equities tumbled, with the S&P 500 on course for its worst week since 2008.

- Date: 2020-02-28 · published 2020-02-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54814-virus-panic-sends-yen-to-seven-week-high-against-dollar
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Yen strength and a firmer dollar-yen cross shift export competitiveness and Japanese feed-import costs, while risk-off sentiment weighs on commodity demand expectations.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼
- USDJPY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2016-11-02 | [Sterling hits 2-week high against broadly weaker dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/74072-sterling-hits-2-week-high-against-broadly-weaker-dollar.md) | -0.6% | +3.2% |
| DXY | 2020-07-27 | [Yen rises against weaker dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52345-yen-rises-against-weaker-dollar.md) | -0.8% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2020-02-29 | [US dollar dives to 7-week low against yen on Fed rate cut hint \| Malay Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54819-us-dollar-dives-to-7-week-low-against-yen-on-fed-rate-cut-hint-malay-mail.md) | -0.8% | +4.0% |
| DXY | 2025-12-03 | [Euro hits almost seven-week high, dollar broadly lower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21725-euro-hits-almost-seven-week-high-dollar-broadly-lower.md) | -0.4% | -1.2% |
| DXY | 2019-10-20 | [Australian Dollar opens at 4-week highs against the U.S Dollar - OFX](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56830-australian-dollar-opens-at-4-week-highs-against-the-u-s-dollar-ofx.md) | -0.0% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/forex-markets-us-dollar-coronavirus-in-focus.html

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