Impact of New Japanese Prime Minister on Yen
June 4, 2010
Japan announced a new Prime Minister this morning - Naoto Kan. Hopefully he will have better luck than his 4 predecessors who resigned with only a year or less in service.
Resignations by Prime Ministers can have a significant impact on the country’s currency because its performance reflects investor sentiment. Forex traders typically do not like change and when Hatoyama announced his resignation, USD/JPY rose from 90.95 to 92.35 as the Yen as plummeted against the U.S. dollar. To get a sense of how the Yen could trade going forward, it is worthwhile to look back at how the currency behaved before and after the resignations of previous Prime Ministers.
The following charts suggest that the recent gains in USD/JPY may be temporary because once the political uncertainty from the Prime Minister’s resignation subsides, USD/JPY usually resumes it slide. Hopefully the new Prime Minster, Naoto Kan can break the unlucky chain and hold onto the post for more than a year.
Taro Aso (click to expand)
Yasuo Fukuda (click to expand)
Shinzo Abe (click to expand)
Posted in 2009 japanese yen forecast, 2009 us dollar forecast, forex blog, usd/jpy
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June 5th, 2010 at 3:01 am
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June 6th, 2010 at 2:52 am
Good Call Kathy!
Was about to get suckered into bullish call but didn’t pull the button as something didn’t seem right. your analysis makes sense.
Its interesting to note that your post date shows
>>June 4, 2010 5:41 PM (EST)
however my RSS reader(google) shows Jun 5 1.14 AM(EST). I need to look for reader which refreshes at a faster rate than this.
June 6th, 2010 at 2:57 am
Adding to the above post, for how long does your analysis hold, I mean is it hours, day(s) or week(s)?
Thanks.