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Japan Financial Markets Moved by U.S. Events
posted by Richard Katz on October 16, 2014
Found in Japan, categorized in Monetary Policy
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Headline
Since it is the change in American rates that caused the rate gap, then the ensuing shifts in the yen/$ up or down have been primarily due to events in the US—as well as financial market anticipation of future events..
Abstract
Recent volatility in Japanese financial markets—the yen, the stock market, and bond rates—underscores the degree to which gyrations in Japanese markets are often determined by events in the US.
About Richard Katz
Richard Katz is Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics In International Affairs, the New York correspondent for Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business magazine, and formerly the editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan.
Mr. Katz has taught about Japan’s economy as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, and as a Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.
Mr. Katz is the author of two books on Japan's economic travails and has just finished a third book on reviving entrepreeurship in Japan.
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