# US Dollar Yen Exchange Rate Live: A Drop Below 100 USD/JPY Would Halt BoJ Normalising | Exchange Rates UK

> USD/JPY dropped to a fresh weekly low near 111 on August 31, 2018, as risk aversion over the US-China trade dispute lifted the yen. The article also discusses ABN AMRO's view that the Bank of Japan is likely to let the 10-year JGB yield move more freely, a gradual policy shift often called a stealth taper.

- Date: 2018-08-31 · published 2018-08-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/63762-us-dollar-yen-exchange-rate-live-a-drop-below-100-usd-jpy-would-halt-boj
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md)

## Why it matters

Yen strength reflects broader risk sentiment and monetary policy expectations rather than farm fundamentals. For feed buyers, the impact runs only through the dollar and trade tensions, not through direct supply or demand changes.

## Sources

- exchangerates.org.uk: https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/news/22830/dollar-yen-exchange-rate-outlook-a-drop-below-100-usd-jpy-would-halt-boj-normalising.html

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