Is interest rate fashionable for exchange rates? [Koh Mori]

Masaaki Mori Profile

Economist. Affiliated with a think tank (United States). Specialties include foreign exchange policy, monetary policy, macroeconomic policy, and financial regulation. Interacts with market participants, financial authorities, and policy makers, conducting analyses of exchange rate trends from multiple angles.

In mid-December, high school, college, and graduate students in the United States study desperately for final exams. Teachers are busy grading and assigning grades for those tests. Once that's over, the joyful Christmas vacation begins.

And with the new year, 2018 begins. I have never witnessed the countdown at Times Square in New York live. I always watch it on CNN. Even on television, it is spectacular. I would like to thank the readers who are reading my article, and at the same time hope that 2018 will start off wonderfully.