Published 7 months ago

Falling yen making Japan a precipitously poorer place

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Japan's terms of trade worsened for nine consecutive quarters after the second quarter of 2020. The rise in commodity prices was due to both the recovery of the global economy from the Covid-19 pandemic, and the supply shock stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The depreciation of the yen resulted from the United States and Europe pursuing monetary tightening policies.

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Falling yen making Japan a precipitously poorer place

Japan’s terms of trade – the price of exports relative to the price of imports – worsened for nine consecutive quarters after the second quarter of 2020. National accounts showed import prices rose by 60.7% while export prices only rose by 27.7% during the same period. The reasons for this were two-fold. There was a […] The post Falling yen making Japan a precipitously poorer place appeared first on Asia Times.

7 months ago·Hong Kong

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