USD/JPY Exchange Rate (US Dollar to Japanese Yen)

Live USD/JPY exchange rate with intraday chart, daily statistics, forecasts and latest news.

Live Rate
1 USD = 158.9280 JPY ▲ +0.0500%
High 159.0260
Low 158.7550
Open 158.8440
Prev. Close 158.8470
Source: Barchart.com · 15-min delay
One Week
+0.87%
159.0800 H · 158.5750 L
One Month
-0.25%
159.0800 H · 155.0340 L
One Year
+7.53%
160.7250 H · 152.1010 L
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158.3718
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Market Analysis: Updated Daily 19 May 2026

What's Driving USD/JPY Today

The US Dollar to Japanese Yen exchange rate is shaped by monetary policy decisions from both central banks, alongside inflation data, economic growth indicators and global risk sentiment. Sterling pairs are particularly sensitive to UK data releases and political developments.

Key drivers to watch include central bank rate decisions, CPI inflation prints, labour market data and trade balance figures. Our editorial team publishes daily commentary on the forces moving the USD/JPY rate.

This commentary is updated each trading day. For the latest analysis visit the USD/JPY News Hub →
USD/JPY Forward Forecasts
One Week158.7543
One Month158.425
Three Months157.6629
Six Months156.4816
One Year154.3166
Forward-point forecasts based on market pricing. Not investment advice. For bank and analyst consensus, see the USD/JPY Forecast page.
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Daily US Dollar to Japanese Yen Statistics
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DateOpenCloseHighLowMid
Tue 19 May158.8440158.9280159.0260158.7550158.8860
Mon 18 May158.5750158.8470159.0800158.5750158.7110
Fri 15 May158.3930158.7710158.8450158.2980158.5820
Thu 14 May157.8830158.3950158.4220157.3650158.1390
Wed 13 May157.6120157.8840157.9250157.5660157.7480
Tue 12 May157.2270157.6120157.7660156.7800157.4195
Mon 11 May156.5520157.2260157.2690156.5520156.8890
Fri 8 May156.9370156.6730156.9910156.4360156.8050
Thu 7 May156.3910156.9370156.9540156.0230156.6640
Wed 6 May157.8910156.3900157.9310155.0340157.1405
Tue 5 May157.2520157.8920157.9190157.1270157.5720
Mon 4 May156.7480157.2520157.2990155.7300157.0000
Fri 1 May156.6190157.0650157.3300155.4980156.8420
Thu 30 Apr160.4390156.6190160.7250155.5690158.5290
Wed 29 Apr159.6180160.4390160.4670159.5220160.0285
Tue 28 Apr159.4250159.6180159.7870158.9630159.5215
Mon 27 Apr159.5670159.4250159.5970159.0950159.4960
Fri 24 Apr159.7290159.3700159.8400159.3150159.5495
Thu 23 Apr159.4840159.7300159.8410159.2970159.6070
Wed 22 Apr159.3840159.4830159.5730159.1050159.4335
Tue 21 Apr158.8240159.3840159.6390158.7450159.1040
Mon 20 Apr158.7630158.8240159.2000158.5530158.7935
Fri 17 Apr159.1570158.6310159.5270157.5950158.8940
Thu 16 Apr158.9740159.1560159.3050158.2700159.0650
Wed 15 Apr158.7880158.9730159.1540158.6480158.8805
Tue 14 Apr159.4500158.7880159.4550158.6040159.1190
Mon 13 Apr159.5950159.4500159.8600159.2910159.5225
Fri 10 Apr158.9790159.3000159.3730158.9520159.1395
Thu 9 Apr158.5740158.9790159.2960158.4870158.7765
Wed 8 Apr159.6200158.5730159.6600157.8900159.0965
Tue 7 Apr159.6840159.6200160.0310159.4740159.6520
Mon 6 Apr159.6950159.6840159.8210159.3070159.6895
Fri 3 Apr159.5960159.6700159.8060159.4340159.6330
Thu 2 Apr158.8220159.5970159.7450158.5460159.2095
Wed 1 Apr158.7220158.8210159.0130158.2780158.7715
Tue 31 Mar159.7250158.7220159.9730158.6630159.2235
Mon 30 Mar160.1780159.7240160.4610159.3290159.9510
Fri 27 Mar159.8020160.2970160.4070159.4570160.0495
Thu 26 Mar159.4700159.8020159.8460159.2870159.6360
Wed 25 Mar158.7050159.4700159.4970158.5770159.0875
Tue 24 Mar158.4410158.7040159.1900158.2780158.5725
Mon 23 Mar159.3490158.4400159.6550158.0220158.8945
Fri 20 Mar157.7090159.2280159.3880157.6280158.4685
Thu 19 Mar159.8760157.7080159.8760157.5120158.7920
Wed 18 Mar159.0000159.8760159.8980158.5690159.4380
Tue 17 Mar159.0570159.0000159.4960158.7230159.0285
Mon 16 Mar159.6150159.0560159.7440158.8520159.3355
Fri 13 Mar159.3500159.7300159.7460159.0100159.5400
Thu 12 Mar158.9490159.3500159.4320158.5730159.1495
Wed 11 Mar158.0530158.9490158.9750157.8640158.5010
Tue 10 Mar157.6690158.0530158.1230157.2750157.8610
Mon 9 Mar157.9650157.6660158.8990157.6340157.8155
Fri 6 Mar157.5560157.7910158.0880157.3940157.6735
Thu 5 Mar157.0630157.5550157.8520156.4610157.3090
Wed 4 Mar157.7290157.0640157.8610156.8570157.3965
Tue 3 Mar157.3580157.7280157.9680157.1510157.5430
Mon 2 Mar156.0390157.3580157.7510156.0350156.6985
Fri 27 Feb156.1360156.0560156.2340155.5390156.0960
Thu 26 Feb156.3690156.1360156.4330155.7150156.2525
Wed 25 Feb155.9070156.3680156.8260155.3520156.1375
Tue 24 Feb154.6680155.9070156.2800154.5310155.2875
Mon 23 Feb155.0170154.6680155.0430154.0010154.8425
Fri 20 Feb154.9880155.0720155.6440154.7190155.0300
Thu 19 Feb154.8310154.9890155.3350154.5440154.9100
Wed 18 Feb153.2870154.8320154.8680153.0710154.0595
Tue 17 Feb153.5120153.2880153.9190152.7020153.4000
Mon 16 Feb152.6730153.5190153.6380152.6570153.0960
Fri 13 Feb152.7370152.6900153.6660152.5970152.7135
Thu 12 Feb153.2660152.7370153.7570152.2720153.0015
Wed 11 Feb154.3760153.2660154.6450152.5560153.8210
Tue 10 Feb155.8820154.3800156.2940154.0580155.1310
Mon 9 Feb157.5670155.8840157.6580155.5260156.7255
Fri 6 Feb157.0420157.2310157.2580156.5290157.1365
Thu 5 Feb156.8780157.0420157.3380156.5360156.9600
Wed 4 Feb155.7720156.8770156.9470155.7000156.3245
Tue 3 Feb155.6050155.7730156.0840155.3090155.6890
Mon 2 Feb154.9160155.6040155.7860154.5530155.2600
Fri 30 Jan153.0960154.7740154.7940152.8720153.9350
Thu 29 Jan153.4160153.0960153.5350152.6870153.2560
Wed 28 Jan152.2030153.4160154.0440152.2030152.8095
Tue 27 Jan154.2040152.2040154.8780152.1010153.2040
Mon 26 Jan154.4530154.2040155.3430153.3110154.3285
Fri 23 Jan158.4260155.7120159.2250155.6320157.0690
Thu 22 Jan158.3120158.4270158.8950158.1820158.3695
Wed 21 Jan158.1590158.3140158.5300157.7480158.2365
Tue 20 Jan158.1380158.1590158.6030157.5410158.1485
Mon 19 Jan157.8150158.1380158.1660157.4280157.9765
Fri 16 Jan158.6300158.0770158.7010157.8230158.3535
Thu 15 Jan158.4480158.6310158.8780158.2330158.5395
Wed 14 Jan159.1730158.4470159.4530158.1020158.8100
Tue 13 Jan158.1620159.1740159.1910157.9110158.6680
Mon 12 Jan158.0540158.1620158.2000157.5230158.1080
Fri 9 Jan156.8700157.9100158.1860156.7750157.3900
Thu 8 Jan156.7700156.8690157.0710156.4610156.8195
Wed 7 Jan156.6740156.7700156.8060156.2960156.7220
Tue 6 Jan156.4010156.6750156.7950156.1640156.5380
Mon 5 Jan156.7520156.4020157.2970156.1160156.5770
Fri 2 Jan156.8760156.8360157.0000156.5210156.8560
Thu 1 Jan156.8810156.8810156.8810156.8810156.8810
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