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By David Goodman and Candice Zachariahs, Bloomberg |
May 21, 2013
The yen weakened against the dollar, halting its biggest gain in three weeks, after Japan’s Economy Minister Akira Amari backed away from weekend comments that prompted the currency to rally.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
April 26, 2013
After a historical fall from the high 1.20′s all the way down to 100, the yen has found some buying interest after not being able to go lower than 100.
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By Joseph Ciolli and David Goodman, Bloomberg |
December 21, 2012
The Japanese yen and U.S. dollar strengthened as investors sought perceived safety on concern U.S. deficit- reduction talks will fail to avert spending cuts and tax increases that threaten to push the economy into a recession.
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By Kevin Davitt |
December 19, 2012
If you have been following the classic carry trade of late you may have noticed the best “risk on” vs. “risk off” indicators available to traders and investors.
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By Anthony Lazzara |
November 15, 2012
The head of Japan’s main opposition party called for a move toward negative interest rates, thus causing further selling of an already weakened Yen.
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By Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg |
November 1, 2012
The yen weakened against the euro and the dollar as investors await the release of minutes of the Bank of Japan’s Oct. 4-5 meeting amid speculation the central bank will ease monetary policy further.
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By Lukanyo Mnyanda and Kristine Aquino, Bloomberg |
October 18, 2012
The yen slipped to the weakest level in almost two months versus the dollaron speculation that the Bank of Japan will boost stimulus measures sapped demand for the nation’s assets as a haven.
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By Allison Bennett, Bloomberg |
September 17, 2012
The yen weakened to four-month low versus the euro as investors speculated the Bank of Japan will expand monetary easing at its meeting this week.
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By Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
August 8, 2012
The euro weakened against its most-traded counterparts as a drop in German industrial production, lower U.K. growth forecasts and ratings cuts for Spain and Italy raised concern Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis is worsening.
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By Joseph Ciolli, Bloomberg |
August 7, 2012
The euro rose to a more than three- week high versus the yen amid speculation that the European Central Bank is taking appropriate measures to quell the region’s debt crisis.
