3. The technical meaning isn't quick to learn; by a steep learning curve, what's meant is a curve with a cliff in it. That is, something where it takes a while to learn anything at all, and then one suddenly gets it.
119.60 JPY/1 USD for Oct 16 2015. Add to Watchlists. US Dollar to Japanese Yen Exchange Rate is at a current level of 119.60, up from 118.26 the previous market day and up from 105.98 one year ago. This is a change of 1.13% from the previous market day and 12.85% from one year ago. 1  Category: Foreign Exchange. 2  Region: N/A.
Significance. The exchange rate expresses the national currency's quotation in respect to foreign ones. For example, if one US dollar is worth 10 000 Japanese Yen, then the exchange rate of dollar is 10 000 Yen. If something costs 30 000 Yen, it automatically costs 3 US dollars as a matter of accountancy.ther bilateral exchange rates may be simply computed from triangular relationships: if the exchange rate dollar/yen is 10 000 and the dollar/Angolan kwanza is 100 000 then, as a matter of computation, one yen is worth 10 kwanza.