Stephen Wood Strong Quotations

Both the U.S. and Japan realize that it's not in Japan's economic interest to have a stronger yen, and they don't need anything that could potentially short-circuit that. It's probably the case that the U.S. will be willing to help them out a bit, which is what the market will be looking for.

Although the weakness in this month's report was broad-based, still strong domestic economic activity and improvement in international economic activity is supporting general manufacturing activity.