{"id":119253,"date":"2025-05-17T17:12:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=119253"},"modified":"2025-05-17T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:12:38","slug":"usd-jpy-yen-falls-as-gdp-contracts-us-inflation-expectations-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/usd-jpy-yen-falls-as-gdp-contracts-us-inflation-expectations-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"USD\/JPY: Yen falls as GDP contracts &#038; US inflation expectations surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Japanese Yen (JPY) falls after 3 days of gains<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Japan GDP falls -0.2% QoQ<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The US Dollar (USD) is rising against its major peers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>US consumer sentiment crashes &amp; inflation expectations surge<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The US dollar against the Japanese yen (<a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/300-usd-to-jpy-exchange-rate-today\/\">USD\/JPY<\/a>) exchange rate is rising after three days of losses. The pair fell 0.81% in the previous session, settling on Thursday at 145.57. At 20:30 UTC, USD\/JPY trades 0.24% lower at 145.87 and trades in a range of 144.92 to 146.10.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese yen was under pressure after data showed that the Japanese economy shrank for the first time in a year in the first three months of this year. Japan&#8217;s GDP data show the economy contracted by 0.2% between January and March. This was below the 0.1% contraction that economists had expected and marked a slowdown from the growth of 0.6% in the October to December period.<\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s fourth-largest economy is negotiating relief from U.S. trade tariffs while seeking to shake off stagnation.<\/p>\n<p>Exports, which fuel Japan&#8217;s growth, were down 0.6% whilst imports jumped 2.9%, weighing on overall GDP.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns are arising that the Japanese economy could be entering a technical recession, which would be two quarters of contracting growth. Earlier this month, the Bank of Japan revised down its growth forecasts and held interest rates unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>The US Dollar is rising across the board. The US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of major currencies, is 0.21% higher at 101.09 at the time of writing, after rising 0.75% across the week.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. dollar pushed higher on Friday despite weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence and as inflation expectations soared. The latest Michigan consumer sentiment sank to its second-lowest level on record, dropping to 50.8 in May, down from 52.2 a month earlier. This was below analysts&#8217; expectations. The period was conducted between April 22nd and May 13th, a period just after the US and China agreed to reduce tariffs temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, U.S. consumers expect prices to rise at an annual rate of 7.3% over the next year, the highest level since 1981. Consumers saw prices rising an annual rate of 4.6% over the next 5 to 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Yen (JPY) falls after 3 days of gains Japan GDP falls -0.2% QoQ The US Dollar (USD) is rising against its major peers US consumer sentiment crashes &amp; inflation expectations surge The US dollar against the Japanese yen (USD\/JPY) exchange rate is rising after three days of losses. The pair fell 0.81% in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":65509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2675,1381],"tags":[2673,1398,3168],"class_list":["post-119253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jpy","category-usd","tag-jpy","tag-usd","tag-usd-jpy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USD\/JPY: Yen falls as GDP contracts &amp; US inflation expectations surge - Currency Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/usd-jpy-yen-falls-as-gdp-contracts-us-inflation-expectations-surge\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fiona Cincotta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/usd-jpy-yen-falls-as-gdp-contracts-us-inflation-expectations-surge\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/usd-jpy-yen-falls-as-gdp-contracts-us-inflation-expectations-surge\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"USD\\\/JPY: Yen falls as GDP contracts &#038; 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