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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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March 18, 2024
Japan
The Japanese Bid for Foreign Bonds After the End of Yield Curve Control
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is widely expected to end yield curve control. But Japanese yields will remain low, and foreign bonds will remain attractive to those Japanese investors who don’t have to hedg…
October 27, 2008
G7 (Group of Seven)
Can the G7 Stabilize the Yen?
The G7 has expressed concern over the implications of excessive yen volatility for financial and economic stability, but fell short of promising coordinated action. The graph above illustrates th…
October 27, 2008
Financial Markets
The soaring yen
Back when it was fashionable to talk about the end of macroeconomic volatility, it was also common to note that volatility had disappeared from the currency market. The FT’s resident financial anth…
December 4, 2005
Financial Markets
The yen, for a change
The yen's trajectory at the end of 2005 seems a bit like the dollar's trajectory at the end of 2004. With the yen at 120, companies like Toyota presumably have little incentive to ramp up their US …
February 10, 2007
Financial Markets
G-7 punts on the yen, as expected
The G-7 punted on the yen, more or less. They didn't highlight yen weakness in their closely watched paragraph on exchange rates. Though, as Morgan Stanley points out, the language on Japan ("Japan…