In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 8th, the beginning of the week, there was a movement to sell yen and buy dollars. Speculation regarding monetary policy in Japan and the United States led to a move to sell the yen.
As of 5 p.m., the yen exchange rate was 55 sen compared to last weekend, a weaker yen and a stronger dollar, from 149 yen to 12 sen to 14 sen. The euro was 1 euro = 1.0892 to $93 against the dollar.