15 Quotes by Yasuhisa Ishida

Foreign players have begun to accumulate short positions on the yen again in the belief that interest rates in Japan will not start rising in the foreseeable future.

Investors normally start making fund allocation from around the Easter Holiday.

The dollar was buoyed as the market confirmed that interest rate differentials between Japan and other major economic countries would not shrink for a while.

The dollar's bearish (weaker) trend is expected to continue unless the GDP figures are significantly stronger (than exported) or the market finds strong signals for further rate hikes in the Fed statement.

The market has largely factored in another US rate hike this month. The focus is to find out in the accompanying statement whether the Fed will raise interest rates further.

The market is largely of the view that the Fed will raise interest rates next month after the statement from the January meeting showing flexibility in raising rates while tracking economic indicators.