Japan Just Abandoned Japanese Bonds... Here's What Happens Next
Japan may have finally figured out why the yen keeps getting crushed. And no — it’s not because some hedge fund in New York borrowed a few billion yen and YOLO’d it into U.S. Treasuries. That’s the cartoon version of the carry trade. That’s the version financial media repeats because it sounds simple: borrow cheap yen, buy higher-yielding assets overseas, yen goes down. But that is not the real carry trade.
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AI GeneratedThe yen's decline is driven not by hedge fund speculation, but by a \"real carry trade\" where Japanese institutional investors move capital abroad due to stagnant domestic growth. Paradoxically, Bank of Japan rate hikes may weaken the currency further by increasing market instability and failing to address the structural lack of investment opportunities within Japan.