The yen fell to a 12-year low versus the dollar as the Federal Reserve prepares to raise interest rates, sharpening the contrast with the Bank of Japan’s unprecedented monetary stimulus.
Japan’s currency led declines among 16 major peers this week as signs of U.S. economy strengthening revived the greenback’s rally. The yen’s 30 percent drop since 2012 is driving record profits at Japan’s biggest companies, helping the nation’s stocks toward their longest rally since 1988. BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda repeated this week that he’ll adjust monetary policy if needed to meet his inflation target.
“The dollar will appreciate relative to the yen because Japanese government policy is to depreciate the yen,” Daniel Fuss, vice chairman at Loomis Sayles & Co., said in an interview in Tokyo Wednesday. “Once it’s government policy, you better pay attention.”
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