How does daily economic information "today's stock price and foreign exchange movements" involve our lives?

Every day, the stock price and exchange rates you see and hear in TV and newspapers, "watching" and "casually watching", how do you do it because you are not interested in your life?Now that I have not made stock investment or foreign currency deposits, or now that I have lost my opportunity to travel abroad in Corona, I am not interested in it because I do not need to exchange money for the currency of the destination.But again, this information is closely related to our lives.Here, we will also refer to the mechanism of economic information, how to see, or how these data will be involved in daily life.

About exchange rate

The exchange of the above chart refers to the foreign exchange (Foreign Exchange), and does not include the word currency, which means currency, but it means exchanging foreign currencies with other currencies.Where to exchange?In the case of Japan, foreign exchange trading is being conducted in the Tokyo foreign exchange market.This market does not have buildings or signs like a stock exchange, and many transactions are made through telephone and computer.In addition, there are two main markets.■ (1) Bank Transactions Market (hereinafter referred to as Interbank Market) In the market where market participants such as financial institutions (Bank of Japan, foreign exchange brokers, etc.) are trading, TV, internet, newspapers, etc. are the economic information of this market.It is a market in which the financial institution for exports, institutional investors, individuals, etc. deal with export and export and individuals.

When is the yen appreciation and the depreciation of the yen?

The announced exchange rate is compared with the exchange rate of 5:00 pm the day before (before business day) in the interbank market and the announcement on the day. The way to read the exchange rate is, for example, in the above figure, the current exchange rate is "$ 110 to 27 to 29 yen per dollar", which means that the transaction is established in this rate. increase. ■ The exchange rate is a lot of exchange rates, which is a rate that adds foreign exchange fees to the comparison fee determined based on the rate of the interbank market, and financial institutions such as banks, securities companies, and money exchange companies use financial products as currency. It refers to the price presented when trading (buying and selling). In addition, this rate is different depending on the currency, financial institution, trading hours, transactions (foreign currency deposits, FX (foreign exchange margin trading), telemarkling, traveler check, cash), etc. There are many things, such as being done.