円急落、２４年ぶり安値更新　一時１４０円４３銭―東京市場

　２日の東京外国為替市場の円相場は、一時１ドル＝１４０円４３銭まで急落し、１９９８年８月以来２４年ぶりの安値を更新した。米連邦準備制度理事会（ＦＲＢ）による大幅利上げが今後もしばらく続くとの観測から、日米金利差拡大を意識した円売り・ドル買いの動きが加速した。午後５時現在は、１４０円２４～２４銭と前日比９７銭の円安・ドル高。（2022/09/02-18:48）

The dollar briefly topped 140.40 yen to hit the highest levels since August 1998 in Tokyo trading Friday, reflecting growing expectations for a wider interest rate gap between the United States and Japan.
   At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at 140.24-24 yen, up from 139.27-28 yen at the same time Thursday.
   Speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue raising interest rates for an extended period grew after Fed officials, including Chairman Jerome Powell, made remarks prioritizing monetary tightening to tame inflation over efforts to shore up the economy.
   With the Bank of Japan seen keeping its ultraeasy monetary policy in place for the time being, expectations for the interest rate gap between Japan and the United States to widen further grew and prompted market players to sell yen for dollars.
   On Friday, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki made remarks warning against a rapid fall of the yen. Their remarks, however, "had only a limited impact" on the currency market, an official at a bank-affiliated securities firm said.