Historical Year Data · 2009

JPY/USD in 2009

JPY/USD opened 2009 at 91.12 and closed at 93.08, a +2.15% move for the year. The high of 100.71 was reached on April 7, and the low of 86.12 on November 30.

Open

91.12

2009-01

93.08

252 data points

High

100.71

Apr 7

Low

86.12

Nov 30

Full Year Change

+2.15%

2008 Change

-17.24%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	91.12	89.83	94.2	87.8	-1.42%
Feb	89.86	97.74	98.55	89.09	+8.77%
Mar	97.17	99.15	99.34	93.85	+2.04%
Apr	98.93	98.76	100.71	96.49	-0.17%
May	99.24	95.55	99.24	94.45	-3.72%
Jun	96.53	96.42	98.56	95.19	-0.11%
Jul	96.41	94.54	96.41	92.33	-1.94%
Aug	95.23	92.82	97.65	92.82	-2.53%
Sep	93.09	89.49	93.09	89.34	-3.87%
Oct	89.73	90.5	92.04	88.44	+0.86%
Nov	90.56	86.12	90.96	86.12	-4.90%
Dec	86.62	93.08	93.08	86.62	+7.46%

Events During 2009

2008 Financial Crisis

Deflation

September 2007 – March 2009

The 2008 Financial Crisis remains the deepest and most instructive market event of the 21st century. Subprime losses cascaded through leveraged balance sheets, froze interbank lending, and forced unprecedented central bank intervention.