The markets care about comments by Japanese high-ranking officials, especially after the G-7 meeting. Such statements will weigh on the yen.
Tetsu Aikawa
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I think the Japanese are concerned with the pace of the yen weakening and you have seen comments fro...
HUGH WALSH And it was just more robotic statements about the Japanese yen.
ANTHONY CRESCENZI Japanese officials make statements like that when we see very rapid movements in the foreign exchang...
NIELS CHRISTENSEN Given they have a G-7 meeting this weekend, the intervention took the market by surprise.
ANDREW BUSCH It's the continuation of unwinding of yen short positions following further comments from Japanese o...
CARSTEN FRITSCH These images speak volumes about the responsibility borne by high-ranking officials for the widespre...
AMRIT SINGH The team will be meeting the high commissioner between 5 and 7 p.m. on that day.
G.S. WALIA soft on high-ranking government officials. Can you imagine the fallout if they didn't look into it?
GARY BROWN The drop in the yen is a source of inflationary pressure. It will weigh on bonds.
JUN FUKASHIRO The fundamental feature was the strength of the dollar versus the yen -- and statements that the Jap...
FRED DEMLER Overseas investors are selling their Nikkei stocks. This is yen negative for sure. Sliding share pri...
TETSU AIKAWA What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain prod...
CARLOS GHOSN The comments by Tim Adams were a bombshell. This is the first clear warning in a very long time by t...
CALLUM HENDERSON There's still grave concerns about the Japanese economy, which should prove negative for the yen.
JOE FRANCOMANO A strong yen is a minus for Japanese stocks. In addition, a slump in the Nasdaq is negative for Japa...
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KELLY JONES The Japanese economy is making its most serious attempt not to disappoint. The yen will strengthen.
MANFRED WOLF The yen's got some way to run before Japanese officials are going to start to express any concern. T...
BRAD JONES The yen's got some way to run before Japanese officials are going to start to express any concern. T...
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ANTHONY D. ROMERO He's likely to make more bullish comments on the economy and deflation. That will put upward pressur...
TOMOKO FUJII The markets have already priced in at least one rate hike and are beginning to price in the second r...
TOMOKO FUJII The evidence supports the view that economic fundamentals have steadied in the U.S. and the dollar m...
TETSU AIKAWA Expectations foreign investors will keep putting more money into Japanese equities are supporting th...
TETSU AIKAWA Without much economic and political news right now, Japan's equity strength is the main driving forc...
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TETSU AIKAWA A rapid gain in the yen will probably lower bond yields. The yen rose to a quite high level.
EIJI DOHKE If they hold rates steady and don't change the tone of their comments, which are already hawkish, th...
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ASSEGID HABTEWOLD Even in this context, I am not going to get too uptight about it. When (officials such as Griffin) m...
STEPHEN HESS Japanese and foreign investors are now rushing to unwind yen-carry positions on concerns over possib...
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EIJI YOSHIKAWA The markets would like to see some statement that the G7 are quite happy with the dollar-yen rate an...
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KHANG KIJARRO NGUYEN When the yen falls against the dollar it changes the appetite of Japanese investors for U.S. bonds. ...
DAVID GOLDMAN [Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said he had] an int...
JOHN ROBERTS Japanese investors have just started kicking in offshore investment at the beginning of the new fisc...
HIDEKI HAYASHI We've already seen the yen hit a little bit by people moving away from instant belief that there was...
JACK ROSENTHAL The comments from OPEC officials are taking some of the froth off last week's rally. It looks like O...
MICHAEL FITZPATRICK Numerically, half of our high-ranking government officials should be women, and half should be men. ...
MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO As the economy shows solid growth, Japanese bonds will stay one of the worst performing markets.
AKIHIKO INOUE The news augurs well for the Japanese economy as confidence is now spreading through the full spectr...
BORIS SCHLOSSBERG The Japanese economy is improving. The outlook for the yen looks positive given Japan's economic bac...
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BLACKFORD MIDDLETON We feel like the elected officials in the House and the Senate should be the ones looking at this le...
HEATHER WILLIAMS Japan is really the industrialized country most heavily dependent on oil imports, ... so the most di...
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J.D. SALINGER With the huge amount of money that Japanese sent abroad, repatriation flows could have a major effec...
YUJI SAITO California officials are especially concerned about capacity problems in the summertime.
JAMES BRAUN It's clearly yen positive, especially when China is gradually allowing the yuan to appreciate day by...
CRAIG FERGUSON [In an interview Sunday on CNN's] Late Edition, ... The meeting is called by the U.S. to give their ...
AHMAD CHALABI Japanese investors are buying overseas assets, seeking higher yields than at home. This trend will r...
KAZUHIRO NISHINA It contained a lot of generalized ideas, but it seems like just his thoughts about what the G-7 shou...
ANTHONY CRESCENZI The statements of four witnesses of unquestioned integrity, traveling with me that day, attest that ...
PAUL CROUCH The purpose of this meeting is to request participation and invite comments from a broad range of lo...
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JACK KEROUAC The market has been somewhat aware of oil and the dollar/yen as potential risks for Japanese shares.
MASAAKI HIGASHIDA It's good news for equity markets. One can be more positive on the outlook for rates. People were wo...
GUILLAUME DUCHESNE Markets have been pricing in Koizumi's victory in the elections. That's positive for the yen.
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MARILYN SCHAJA We will consider comments filed after the deadline, to the extent practicable.
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