The Yen Carry Trade

Down to Business English: Business News to Improve your Business English by Skip Montreux

Aug 20, 202625:48Education

For nearly thirty years, extremely low interest rates in Japan have made the yen one of the world’s most important funding currencies. Investors have borrowed cheap yen and invested the money in higher-yielding assets ar...

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