Cracks in the Bedrock of Yen Selling: Declining Individual Foreign Currency Investment

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There are no signs of a reversal in the yen's depreciation. Since the beginning of the year, buying of yen and selling of dollars has accelerated due to the Trump administration's strengthening of import tariffs and expectations of a correction to the strong dollar. Trump is leaning more realistically, but there has not been much momentum in buying back dollars. This is due to the shrinking of individual foreign currency asset investments, which…