Posts by Edgar Ortiz
Japan and the Myth of Currency Depreciation and Exports
In short, we pointed out that the depreciation of the yen was due to an increase in the monetary supply in Japan. This increased supply made it less profitable to hold the currency, and as a result, market participants increased their short positions on the yen against a backdrop of increasing dollar strength.
Read MoreThe Yen’s Depreciation
The exchange rate in Japan has settled around 123.70 yen per US dollar. [1] When quantitative easing (QE) was launched in Japan in April 2013, the Japanese yen (JPY) was trading at around 95 yen per USD.
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