BrazilianSkier 0 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I really would like to visit Japan for next winter and enjoy the skiing. Last year I was in Japan for 1 week (not winter) but since then the exchange rate is so expensive for me and I presume many people outside of Japan. Of course, nobody knows timetable for changing exchange rates, but is there any outlook for when the yen might lose some of it's value helping us who want to go for winter. I hope my English good enough to understand there. Sorry! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Yes please if anyone can also let me know when the yen is going to improve or decline I would also be very interested!!!! Sorry BS did not mean to mean! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I believe he asked if there is any outlook for improvement. Sounds like a reasonable question to me or at least not deserving of being mocked. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Oh no please don't think I was mocking him, now I feel really bad I remember this year when we were coming I keep asking as many currency traders as I knew if there was going to be an improvement in the yen. I should have perhaps done some trading rather than been so anxious to get the best exchange for my trip. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 in hind sight, I should have changed my AUD to Y when it was 0.9 cents. Maybe for Aussies, the only chance is if the dollar goes up but that's what the government doesn't want to do... I would buy USD at a favorable rate and change that when the US is stronger to yen. But then you'll lose the high australian interest rate not being in the bank and commission for two transactions. If you aren't dealing in 100G's not too big deal, just have to cop it. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hindsight can really suck can't it. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 There's still plenty of doom and gloom about the Japanese economy, that's for sure! It doesn't sound like the Japanese banks have a lot of other people's toxic assets though, so maybe that's a counteracting force. They've just got lots of their own. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Improve? For whom? A stronger yen makes it more possible for people who live & work in Japan to visit overseas (and drop some of their suddenly more-valuable income on those economies). Link to post Share on other sites
G&T 0 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Improve for me means the yen getting weaker. I might be able to afford to go if it goes back to something like it was a year ago. Link to post Share on other sites
BrazilianSkier 0 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 Thanks for responses. Same for me G&T! *no worries snowhuntress! Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Household spending down for 13th straight month and unemployment up to 4.something announced here now. Link to post Share on other sites
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