In the New York foreign exchange market on the 1st, there was a movement to sell the dollar and buy the yen against the background of concerns about the economic slowdown in the United States. has gone up in price.

In the New York foreign exchange market on the 1st, there was a movement to sell the dollar and buy the yen, and the yen exchange rate temporarily rose to the upper 131 yen level to the dollar for the first time in about a month and a half.



Concerns about the slowdown of the US economy have led to the purchase of US government bonds as a safe haven, leading to a decline in long-term interest rates.



A market insider said, ``There is deep-rooted concern among investors about the economic slowdown in the United States, and with a growing risk-averse attitude, interest rates in the United States are trending downward. has been bought back, and the rapid depreciation of the yen against the dollar has been halted for the time being."