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126: Why the yen has fallen to a 20-year low w/ Yuko Takeo

Deep Dive from The Japan Times

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How Has the Value of the Yen Changed Over the Last Few Years?

Anyone hoping to change yen into dollars has seen the value of that decline significantly over the past few weeks. The weakening of the yearn started about a decade ago with abinormous exemptual policies by former prime minister sinse abe. Those various policies have weakened ayen massively. So it's bisa till of an two central banks. It's the difference between where the us. Is going and the japanese central bank its going. And i suppose vice versa is, well, if you're moving dollars into yen, you're now going to get a lot more yen for your dollars, exactly.

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