In the Tokyo foreign exchange market on the 21st, the yen exchange rate fell as the movement to sell the yen and buy the dollar increased due to the view that inflation in the United States would continue for a long time.
The yen exchange rate as of 5:00 pm was 134.57 to 59 sen to the US dollar, a 53 sen depreciation to the dollar compared to the 20th.
Against the euro, 1 euro was 143.58 to 62 sen, a 17 sen depreciation compared to the 20th.
The euro was 1 euro = 1.0669 to 71 dollars against the dollar.
A market official said, ``The US economy is solid, and there is no prospect of convergence of inflation. , We plan to publish the minutes of the previous meeting on the 22nd local time, and investors are paying more attention to the contents of the minutes to determine the extent of future rate hikes." .