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US efforts to prop up the yen risk doing more harm than good

Source
South China Morning Post - Business
Source link
https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3363123/us-efforts-prop-yen-risk-doing-more-harm-good?utm_source=rss_feed
Published
2026-08-06 08:30:05
Discovered by ProcIntel
2026-08-06 09:13:17
Category
Procurement & Supply Chain News
Geography
China
Organisations
Review status
Pending
Record type
REAL

Summary

Has the interminable decline in the yen finally run its course? Since the beginning of 2022, Japan’s currency has fallen a staggering 36 per cent against the US dollar. Despite the resolve of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to keep raising interest rates, the surge in Japanese bond yields over the past year, and frequent interventions by the government to support the currency, the yen has continued to weaken. On July 23, it dropped to its weakest level against the greenback since 1986, sliding past the...

Procurement Relevance Gate

FAIL — score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-06 09:13:17
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
  • geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"

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