As candidates vie to become chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, it's unclear whether the central bank will maintain enough autonomy and credibility to manage the economy under pressure from politics and the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/world/fed-autonomy-credibility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #federalreserve #supremecourt #donaldtrump #dollar #currencies #globaleconomy #debt #ai
Japan's first bank-backed yen-based stablecoin could be available by 2026 with the payments market as one of the main targets for the product https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/16/tech/sbi-stablecoin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless #sbi #shinseibank #banks
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said it is "clear” that volatile yen swings aren’t "moving based on fundamentals,” in the latest expression of the government’s frustration over the currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/30/finance-minister-fx-moves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #satsukikatayama #yen #currencies
Tokyo is open to intervening in the currency market "to mitigate the side effects of a weak yen,” one official said, reflecting PM Takaichi’s inflation concerns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/23/economy/takaichi-proactive-yen-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #takujiaida #yen #currencies #forex
‘Sell-Japan’ trade takes a breather as verbal intervention dialed up slightly and stimulus package that so worried the market within expectations https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/21/markets/sell-japan-pause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Yen and Japanese bonds continue to retreat ahead of super-big stimulus and as verbal intervention from top officials is lacking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/20/markets/market-turmoil-thursday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
A yen rout has brought talk of ¥160 to the dollar and possible intervention as Japan's new administration is hit by a triple whammy of falling stocks, bonds and currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/markets/yen-160-intervention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #boj #kazuoueda
Stablecoins are designed not to fluctuate in value, and that could attract users interested in making quick and cheap transfers and payments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/14/tech/stablecoins-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies #digitalization #cashless
Traders are increasingly skeptical that Japan’s new government will be able to shore up the yen by direct intervention as the currency slumps toward levels that previously drew authorities into the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/13/economy/yen-dollar-intervention-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #financeministry #japaneseeconomy
The world’s first yen stablecoin, JPYC, could make one-second transfers costing less than ¥1 a reality. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/27/tech/jpyc-first-yen-pegged-stablecoin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #jpyc #stablecoins #currencies
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit, with stocks dropping and the yen strengthening in choppy trade https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/markets/takaichi-yen-plunge/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #japaneseeconomy #sanaetakaichi #ldp #komeito
Despite heightened geopolitical tensions and escalating trade wars, the U.S. dollar’s global dominance is unlikely to fade in the near term, leaving Asian economies vulnerable to dollar shocks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/10/world/asia-and-dollar-dependence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #usdollar #yen #yuan #currencies #forex #monetarypolicy #asean #china #us
The yen reached its weakest level since mid-February against the dollar on Wednesday on rising concerns about an increase in fiscal spending in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/09/economy/yen-weakest-since-february/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #forex #currencies #yen #dollar #euro #france #globaleconomy #japaneseeconomy
Despite concerns over U.S. tariffs and global trade disruptions, the dollar remains dominant in global finance, with the Chinese yuan gaining ground but still far from challenging its supremacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/08/the-us-dollar-is-not-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #usdollar #forex #currencies #useconomy #globaleconomy
Donald Trump’s 1% remittance tax on migrant transfers will reduce vital funds to developing countries, undermining economic stability and development while increasing poverty and inequality. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/06/world/trumps-beggar-the-poor-remittence-tax/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #poverty #africa #latinamerican #southeastasia #currencies #trade #tariffs #onebigbeautifulbillact
Each month, hundreds of thousands of Argentines are booking shopping sprees abroad that are depleting the hard-currency reserves needed to defend the peso as it comes under attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/economy/argentines-currency-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #argentina #currencies #javiermilei #chile
Japan’s stock market will likely get support while the yen and long-term government bonds come under pressure following the surprise victory of pro-stimulus Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/05/markets/takaichi-win-stocks-yen-bonds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #sanaetakaichi #nikkei #stocks #yen #currencies #bonds #ldp
Let’s salute the landmark currency agreement of 40 years ago. Getting such a deal today would be a mighty struggle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/22/japan/the-plaza-accord-still-the-gold-standard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #plazaaccord #jamesbaker #usdollar #yen #japaneseeconomy #useconomy #currencies
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato reaffirmed in a joint statement their commitment to let markets determine currency exchange rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/economy/us-japan-fx-manipulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #scottbessent #katsunobukato #us #tariffs #japaneseeconomy #currencies #yen #boj #donaldtrump
Japan Post Bank says it will issue Tokyo-based DeCurret DCP's digital currency DCJPY backed by yen deposits in fiscal 2026, and hopes that local governments will use it for subsidies and other benefits in the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/companies/japan-post-bank-digital-currency/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#japanpostbank #banks #cryptocurrencies #currencies