Fundamental Analysis

American Dollar Gains Against Yen Amid Sentiment Changes

The American dollar gains against the Japanese yen following the reports from Wall Street. The USD/JPY pair was listed at 112.557 during the late part of Wednesday. This is a rise over the 112.046 that the currency had experienced earlier in the trading day. This is also a rise over the 112.100 rate that the pair had been trading at for much of the past week. But this is also a sign of how the Japanese yen is changing more than many other currencies from the same part of the world.

The pair has not experienced any substantial drops since reaching that high. The value went down to 112.488, but this is a minimal drop in comparison. The value has also been steady throughout much of Saturday, although that lack of a change might have come from the reduced trading volume that occurs on weekends.

The rise in the pair value comes as the sentiment in the American economy has been growing. In addition to job reports looking positive in spite of worries about interest rates rising and trade war issues coming along between the country and other parts of the world. The changes around the global economy have encouraged the development of the USD/JPY pair to move forward.

The trend also shows that the American dollar is rising in comparison with the yen. The yen had been strengthening for seven of the last eight sessions with a 111.610 high reported on Monday; this was the highest that the yen had reached in a month. The movement has been one of the longest runs of growth for the currency in the past year.

In addition, the Japanese yen has been growing in prominence as the currency had been replacing the Swiss franc as a currency of preference for many in the investment field. General sentiments are suggesting that the yen is being used for many overseas investments of security. But with sentiments changing in the United States, there is a strong potential for the yen to not be as strong or prevalent in the field as it had been in the past.

The changes to the yen are more significant than what is happening with other currencies in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. The Australian dollar, for instance, has been unchanged in recent time and has been trading at 0.714. The New Zealand dollar has also been trading at 0.659 without much of a change. Most other currencies from around the Asia-Pacific region have been trading around the same way, but the Japanese yen has been linked to more changes with added people investing in this option.

The changes suggest that the Japanese yen may end up being a more valuable currency for one to possibly work with. The yen is growing in interest, although its value is changing when compared with the American dollar. The findings also suggest that the American economy’s growth is going to become a big deal in the forex field.

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