JPY News

The M2 money stock in Japan was up 2.7 percent on year in January, the Bank of Japan said on Thursday - coming in at 1,213.5 trillion yen.

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Japan's gross domestic product expanded a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent on quarter in the fourth quarter of 2022, the Cabinet Office said on Tuesday.

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Despite rising inflationary pressures, the Bank of Japan continued to maintain its ultra-loose monetary policy in contrast to the stance of its hawkish peers. At the second rate-setting meeting chaired by new Governor Kazuo Ueda on Friday, policymakers unanimously voted to maintain a negative interest rate of 0.1 percent.

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Overall consumer prices in Japan were up 3.3 percent on year in July, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday.

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The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 2.4 percent in December, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Tuesday.

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Core machine orders in Japan were up a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent on month in December, the Cabinet Office said on Monday - coming in at 838.8 billion yen.

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Japan posted a current account surplus of 2.849 trillion yen in May, the Ministry of Finance said on Monday.

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Japan posted a current account surplus of 1.533 trillion yen in June, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday - up 0.9 percent on year.

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Japan is one of the developed countries and the JPY currency is considered by some investors to be a safe-haven currency besides CHF. Recently, it was reported that the BoJ was raising interest rates, the impact of which was that the JPY strengthened because demand increased, but currently the USDJPY may be correcting because the price has reached oversold price level.

Industrial production in Japan was up a seasonally adjusted 1.4 percent on month in September, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Thursday.

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