Japan's rising wholesale inflation heightens uncertainty on BOJ's …
4 hours ago · Oct wholesale prices rise 3.4% yr/yr vs forecast +3.0%. Rise driven by higher cost of food, nonferrous metal, oil. Data underscores persistent cost pressure due partly to weak yen. TOKYO, Nov 13 ...
Japan won't raise taxes to fund $65 bln chips aid, industry minister ...
18 hours ago · Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Yoji Muto arrives at Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's official residence in Tokyo, Japan October 1, 2024.
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Unwinding of yen ‘carry trade’ still threatens markets, say analysts
Aug 7, 2024 · The global unwinding of the world’s biggest “carry trade” has the potential to destabilise markets further, analysts have said, as the resurgent Japanese currency forces speculators to shut ...
Japan’s $4 Trillion ‘Carry Trade’ Begins to Slowly Unwind
Oct 1, 2024 · Japan’s $4 Trillion ‘Carry Trade’ Begins to Slowly Unwind. Gap between rates in Japan and other countries is narrowing. Japan investors are favoring domestic bonds over foreign debt. In the...
Explainer: What is the yen carry trade? | Reuters
Aug 7, 2024 · HOW LARGE IS THE YEN CARRY TRADE? No one is quite sure. Using the narrowest definition of a pure currency carry trade, analysts point to the $350 billion of short-term external loans by Japanese...
Japan records trade deficit as surging global prices pushes …
Aug 21, 2024 · TOKYO (AP) — Japan racked up a 621 billion yen ($4.3 billion) trade deficit in July, as prices of imports surged, according to government data released Wednesday. Japan’s imports grew nearly 17% from a year ago to 10.2 trillion yen ($70.6 billion), while exports grew 10% to 9.6 trillion yen ($66 billion), the Finance Ministry said.
Japan’s trade deficit for first half declines as exports ... - AP News
Jul 18, 2024 · For the first six months of this year, Japan’s trade deficit declined by more than half from the same period last year, to 3.23 trillion yen ($21 billion), according to Finance Ministry data. The yen’s weakness against the U.S. dollar has helped boost Japan’s exports in recent months.
Japan racks up trade deficit as imports balloon due to cheap yen
May 22, 2024 · TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s trade deficit in April grew nearly 8% from a year earlier as the weak yen boosted the value of imports, offsetting gains from a jump in exports, government data showed Wednesday.
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