# Tokyo market unfazed by Trump currency comments - Nikkei Asia

> Tokyo stocks rose and the yen weakened on Wednesday, February 1, as investors held to their view that US and Japanese monetary policy will stay on divergent paths. They shrugged off Washington's comments aimed at softening the dollar. The market reaction was limited.

- Date: 2017-02-01 · published 2017-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Japan · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72745-tokyo-market-unfazed-by-trump-currency-comments-nikkei-asia
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md)

## Why it matters

Investors seeing policy divergence means yen weakness is likely to persist, which keeps Japanese import costs for US commodities higher in yen terms. The impact on feed prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- USDJPY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- asia.nikkei.com: https://asia.nikkei.com/location/east-asia/japan/tokyo-market-unfazed-by-trump-currency-comments

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