{"id":120260,"date":"2026-01-19T18:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/?p=120260"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:24:41","slug":"109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/news\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"USD\/JPY: Pair is flat as Trump doubles down on Greenland plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The Japanese Yen (JPY) is steady after recent declines<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fiscal dove Takaichi dissolved parliament for a snap election<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The US Dollar (USD) falls after recent gains<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trump threatens tariffs to acquire Greenland<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The US dollar Japanese yen (<a href=\"https:\/\/currencylive.com\/exchange-rate\/1000-usd-to-jpy-exchange-rate-today\/\">USD\/JPY<\/a>) exchange rate is falling after gains last week. The pair roses 0.15% in the previous week, settling on Friday at 158.12. On Monday at 16:00 UTC, USD\/JPY trades -0.06% at 158.02 and traded in a range of 157.43 to 158.02.<\/p>\n<p>The yen is largely unchanged following an announcement by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday to dissolve parliament ahead of a snap general election on February 8.<\/p>\n<p>Takaichi is looking to capitalise on her popularity and shore up her coalition&#8217;s fragile majority, paving the way for more aggressive fiscal expansionist policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank of Japan&#8217;s response will be key, given that PM Takaichi has expressed a preference for cooperation and blurred central bank independence.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank of Japan is due to announce its policy decision on Friday and is widely expected to leave rates unchanged at 0.75% after a rate hike in December<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. dollar is falling across the board. The US dollar index, which measures the USD against a basket of currencies, is falling -0.3% on Monday to 99.09 after three weeks of gains.<\/p>\n<p>The USD is falling after Trump threatened over the weekend implement tariffs on the UK, Norway, and six EU countries as he doubles down on his plans to acquire Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>These developments will make for a fraught start to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where President Trump is due to speak on Wednesday. His outlook on trade, security policy, and growth will be closely watched.<\/p>\n<p>The move has prompted a sell America trade with the US dollar falling against its major peers, whilst U.S. stock futures are also on the decline.<\/p>\n<p>Today is a public holiday in the US, with the treasury and stock markets reopening on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to the week, US GDP, PCE, and PMIs will be in focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Yen (JPY) is steady after recent declines Fiscal dove Takaichi dissolved parliament for a snap election The US Dollar (USD) falls after recent gains Trump threatens tariffs to acquire Greenland The US dollar Japanese yen (USD\/JPY) exchange rate is falling after gains last week. The pair roses 0.15% in the previous week, settling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":5531,"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":{"0":"post-120260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jpy","8":"category-usd","9":"tag-jpy","10":"tag-usd","11":"tag-usd-jpy"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USD\/JPY: Pair is flat as Trump doubles down on Greenland plan - 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\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\/\" \/>\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\\\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fiona Cincotta\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ef0fafb6c93f1204150bb907b42cfec\"},\"headline\":\"USD\\\/JPY: Pair is flat as Trump doubles down on Greenland plan\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-19T18:13:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-19T19:24:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":345,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/100605-gbp-usd-dollar-dips-fed-rate-cut.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"JPY\",\"usd\",\"usd\\\/jpy\"],\"articleSection\":[\"JPY\",\"USD\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2026\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currencylive.com\\\/news\\\/109941-usd-jpy-pair-is-flat-as-trump-doubles-down-on-greenland-plan\\\/\",\"name\":\"USD\\\/JPY: Pair is flat as Trump doubles down on Greenland plan - 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