# Dollar heads for best fortnight vs. yen since 1988 | Reuters

> A Reuters report headlined that the dollar was heading for its best two-week gain against the yen since 1988. The text provided is a 2024 bond-market piece that discusses investors betting Treasury yields will stay higher for longer.

- Date: 2016-11-18 · published 2016-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/74080-dollar-heads-for-best-fortnight-vs-yen-since-1988-reuters
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md)

## Why it matters

Rising US yields and a firmer dollar tighten global financing conditions and make dollar-priced feed ingredients more expensive for importers outside the US.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDJPY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2021-12-30 | [Dollar on track for best year since 2015](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43836-dollar-on-track-for-best-year-since-2015.md) | +0.0% | +0.6% |
| DXY | 2016-11-09 | [Dollar rises vs yen to highest since July 27](https://feedsoft.ai/events/74083-dollar-rises-vs-yen-to-highest-since-july-27.md) | +3.1% | +3.3% |
| DXY | 2026-03-27 | [Pound heads for biggest monthly loss against the safe-haven dollar since October \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20428-pound-heads-for-biggest-monthly-loss-against-the-safe-haven-dollar-since.md) | +0.1% | -1.4% |
| DXY | 2024-08-30 | [Sterling steady but heads for weekly fall on dollar strength \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29065-sterling-steady-but-heads-for-weekly-fall-on-dollar-strength-reuters.md) | +0.2% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2016-11-30 | [US dollar extends gain against yen after best month since 1995](https://feedsoft.ai/events/74082-us-dollar-extends-gain-against-yen-after-best-month-since-1995.md) | -0.6% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/global-forex-idUSL8N1DJ2V5/?feedName=usDollarRpt&feedType=RSS

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