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Fragile Yen Tests 1998 Low, Sterling Cautiously Steady
Channel News Asia ^ | 13 Oct 2022

Posted on 10/12/2022 7:57:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway

The yen floundered near a fresh 24-year low on Thursday, while sterling held onto overnight gains as investors skittishly await an impending deadline for the end of the Bank of England's emergency bond-buying programme.

The yen hit a trough of 146.98 per dollar overnight - its lowest The yen floundered near a fresh 24-year low on Thursday, while sterling held onto overnight gains as investors skittishly await an impending deadline for the end of the Bank of England's emergency bond-buying programme.

The yen hit a trough of 146.98 per dollar overnight - its lowest since August 1998 - and last traded at 146.82.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: currency; pound; yen

1 posted on 10/12/2022 7:57:54 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Shorting the yen has been a great trade!


2 posted on 10/12/2022 8:14:50 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: nickcarraway

Great! Going to visit my elderly mother-in-law and enjoy the fall feasts. It was 250/$.when I first went there. 150/$ will do.


3 posted on 10/12/2022 8:29:09 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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