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August 20, 2024

Japan
Tourism: Japan’s Double-Edged Sword

Tourism has become a priority in Japan’s economic growth strategy. The pandemic blunted that effort, but when the Kishida Cabinet lifted its restrictions on foreigners entering Japan in 2022, the for…

Workers erect a barrier to block the view of a popular Mount Fuji photo spot, in Fujikawaguchiko town

September 2, 2024

China
Chinese State Investors Do Not Seem to Profit From Higher U.S. Interest Rates

Given the size and composition of its external lending, China should be clearing far more interest income on its reserves and policy lending than SAFE reports.

Chinese State Investors Do Not Seem to Profit From Higher U.S. Interest Rates

August 12, 2024

Economics
Big Macs Show Dollar Hugely Overvalued, But “Mini Macs” Beg to Differ.

Whereas the Economist magazine’s Big Mac currency index says the dollar is hugely overvalued, CFR’s “Mini Mac” index finds it slightly undervalued.

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…

Can the G7 Stabilize the Yen?

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…

The soaring yen

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 …