Yen Shows Growth on Moody’s Rating

The Japanese yen showed some really strong growth against the other Forex most-traded currencies today as the investors favored the Moody’s upgrade of the Japan’s yen debt rating.

Despite the weak performance of the Japanese stock market today the country’s currency showed one of the fastest growing day this month against dollar, euro and pound after Moody’s news about rating upgrade. It also rose against the Australian and New Zealand dollars today.

Trades generally consider the upgrade of the Japanese domestic debt securities from A1 level to Aa3 a great opportunity to go long on the yen. According to the Moody’s the Japanese economy won’t be as damaged by the global financial crisis as the economies of the European countries and U.S.