SINGAPORE – The yen’s sharp rebound earlier this week may have cost some currency traders dearly, but the Japanese currency is still near its multi-decade lows while the fundamental reasons for its weakness have far from disappeared.
The culprit is Japan’s relatively low benchmark interest rates, which are needed to support the economy’s recent ascent from 30 years of deflation and keep interest payments on its massive debt manageable.
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