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Explained | What is the yen carry trade?

That trade, which involves borrowing yen at a low cost to invest in other currencies and assets offering higher yields, is being wrecked by Japan's rate increases, a volatile yen and imminent rate cuts in the United States and other economies.

07 August 2024, 17:27 IST

Explained | What is the yen carry trade?

Explained | What is the yen carry trade?

Explained | What is the yen carry trade?

07 August 2024, 17:27 IST

Explained | Why global investors are watching what Japan does next

The Bank of Japan cut interest rates below zero percent in 2016 and kept them there until March, when it announced the first rate increase in 17 years, as the economy showed signs of recovery from anemic growth and low inflation.

29 July 2024, 06:01 IST

Explained | Why global investors are watching what Japan does next

Explained | Why global investors are watching what Japan does next

Explained | Why global investors are watching what Japan does next

29 July 2024, 06:01 IST

Explained | Why has Japan not intervened yet to support yen?

Massive interest rate differentials between the US and Japan have been weighing the yen down, putting monetary policy at the centre of the currency's woes.

11 July 2024, 08:57 IST

Explained | Why has Japan not intervened yet to support yen?

Explained | Why has Japan not intervened yet to support yen?

Explained | Why has Japan not intervened yet to support yen?

11 July 2024, 08:57 IST

The Yen Is plunging. So is Japan’s defense budget

Japan’s currency headache comes at a critical juncture. The country’s large boost in military spending was intended to fortify defenses as Tokyo confronts mounting missile threats from North Korea and other challenges posed by China, including fears of a potential China-Taiwan conflict.

08 July 2024, 05:40 IST

The Yen Is plunging. So is Japan’s defense budget

The Yen Is plunging. So is Japan’s defense budget

The Yen Is plunging. So is Japan’s defense budget

08 July 2024, 05:40 IST

Japan’s new yen notes have a story to tell

But its banknotes say a surprising amount about the country. And on Wednesday, for the first time in four decades, Japan will get an entirely new series of bills featuring a trio of 19th- and early-20th century intellectual and cultural titans.

03 July 2024, 09:29 IST

Japan’s new yen notes have a story to tell

Japan’s new yen notes have a story to tell

Japan’s new yen notes have a story to tell

03 July 2024, 09:29 IST

Japan's yen hits 155 per dollar, weakest since 1990

The decline in the yen comes after a string of strong US inflation data pushed the dollar to five-month highs and reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be in a rush to cut interest rates this year.

24 April 2024, 15:47 IST

Japan's yen hits 155 per dollar, weakest since 1990

Japan's yen hits 155 per dollar, weakest since 1990

Japan's yen hits 155 per dollar, weakest since 1990

24 April 2024, 15:47 IST

Japan's yen falls to lowest since 1990

The dollar extended gains after stronger-than-expected March retail sales data.

15 April 2024, 13:42 IST

Japan's yen falls to lowest since 1990

Japan's yen falls to lowest since 1990

Japan's yen falls to lowest since 1990

15 April 2024, 13:42 IST

Explained | Japan hiked interest rates; Why is the yen falling?

Now Japanese officials are talking of official intervention to prop it up. It traded at 151.86 per dollar on Friday, its weakest this year and within a whisker of levels that drew intervention in 2022. It also made long-term lows versus the euro and Aussie last week.

25 March 2024, 09:22 IST

Explained | Japan hiked interest rates; Why is the yen falling?

Explained | Japan hiked interest rates; Why is the yen falling?

Explained | Japan hiked interest rates; Why is the yen falling?

25 March 2024, 09:22 IST

Explained | What would Japanese intervention to boost the weak yen look like?

Aside from verbal intervention, Japan's government has several options to stem what it considers excessive yen falls. Among them is to intervene directly in the currency market, buying large amounts of yen, usually selling dollars for the Japanese currency.

02 October 2023, 10:53 IST

Explained | What would Japanese intervention to boost the weak yen look like?

Explained | What would Japanese intervention to boost the weak yen look like?

Explained | What would Japanese intervention to boost the weak yen look like?

02 October 2023, 10:53 IST

Dollar falls again as banking fears ease, yen climbs

Analysts said Japanese companies were likely selling foreign bonds to bolster their balance sheets

28 March 2023, 09:52 IST

Dollar falls again as banking sector fears ease, yen climbs

Dollar falls again as banking sector fears ease, yen climbs

Dollar falls again as banking fears ease, yen climbs

28 March 2023, 09:52 IST