TIP: A new fiscal year in Japan
|In some countries the fiscal year and calendar year are not identical. In Japan the start of a new fiscal year is April 1st. Japanese companies usually ‘dress up’ their balance sheets ahead of the fiscal year-end, by liquidating foreign holdings and bringing home the profits from overseas subsidiaries, in order to raise their bottom lines. This capital flows prior to the start of the new fiscal year, and the fact that banking trading desks lower their transaction volumes, condition the exchange rates and price action in all pairs containing the Yen. Read More
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