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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.