“Diverging monetary policies in Japan versus the U.S. and Europe are behind speculators’ moves, he said. The yen’s appreciation is contributing to the sell-off, he said.”
I don’t understand this area of economics and everytime I think I learn something it seems be proven incorrect shortly after.
I believed Japan was facing pressure to raise interest rates in line with other nations. Now it’s done that and the yen is starting to recover it’s monetary policy is divergent again causing a stock sell-off?
I’m tired of my income turning into monopoly money whenever I think about going abroad.
Yen carry trade unwind. People were discussing this at least since around 2008. So basically people borrow yen for free/next to free and speculate in anything that was going to get them returns. I personally always thought the yen would inflate to unbearable levels along with the USD but it looks like they’re actually doing something about it.
“Diverging monetary policies in Japan versus the U.S. and Europe are behind speculators’ moves, he said. The yen’s appreciation is contributing to the sell-off, he said.”
I don’t understand this area of economics and everytime I think I learn something it seems be proven incorrect shortly after.
I believed Japan was facing pressure to raise interest rates in line with other nations. Now it’s done that and the yen is starting to recover it’s monetary policy is divergent again causing a stock sell-off?
I’m tired of my income turning into monopoly money whenever I think about going abroad.
Yen carry trade unwind. People were discussing this at least since around 2008. So basically people borrow yen for free/next to free and speculate in anything that was going to get them returns. I personally always thought the yen would inflate to unbearable levels along with the USD but it looks like they’re actually doing something about it.
So Japan is expected to keep it’s interest rates at or below zero to allow the yen to be used for speculation.
But during economic crises where other major economies raise interest rates it’s also expected to do the same or face devaluation of the yen?
I’m more interested in the yen finally starting to recover from it’s steep decline than I am in the value of the stock market.