In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 17th, the movement to buy dollars has spread due to the rise in long-term interest rates in the United States, and the yen has been depreciating to the 106 yen level for the first time in four months.
Market officials said, "There is widespread view that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is over in the US Congress and talks on additional economic measures will proceed. Large-scale financial mobilization is expected, so long-term interest rates in the United States will rise. , High interest rate dollars are being bought. "