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title: "The Japanese yen rose about 0.7%, briefly surpassing 147"
description: "On Wednesday (July 16), at the New York close, the US dollar fell 0.67% against the Japanese yen, reporting at 147.87 yen, with an intraday trading range of 149.18-146.92 yen. The dollar/yen pair shar"
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# The Japanese yen rose about 0.7%, briefly surpassing 147

> On Wednesday (July 16), at the New York close, the US dollar fell 0.67% against the Japanese yen, reporting at 147.87 yen, with an intraday trading range of 149.18-146.92 yen. The dollar/yen pair sharply dropped to 146.92 yen after media reports indicated that Trump was considering firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, before rebounding. The euro fell 0.36% against the yen, and the British pound fell 0.37% against the yen

On Wednesday (July 16), at the New York close, the US dollar fell 0.67% against the Japanese yen, reporting at 147.87 yen, with an intraday trading range of 149.18-146.92 yen, sharply plunging after media reports indicated that Trump was considering firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. At 23:30 Beijing time, it refreshed the daily low to 146.92 yen, and then sharply rebounded.

The euro fell 0.36% against the yen, and the British pound fell 0.37% against the yen.

The euro rose 0.35% against the US dollar, and the British pound rose 0.30% against the US dollar, while the US dollar fell 0.12% against the Swiss franc.

Among commodity currencies, the Australian dollar rose 0.27% against the US dollar, the New Zealand dollar rose 0.09% against the US dollar, and the US dollar fell 0.25% against the Canadian dollar.

The Swedish krona rose 0.20% against the US dollar, the Norwegian krone rose 0.31% against the US dollar, the Danish krone rose 0.35% against the US dollar, and the Polish zloty rose 0.63% against the US dollar

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