What a stronger yen could mean for the US stock market

The surge in the yen against the dollar seems to be a logical, but delayed, response to a shrinking gap between US and Japanese government bond yields.  In the wake of big revisions to our forecasts for the 10-year Treasury yield, we have abandoned our call for the Japanese currency to fall further and now think that it will rally some more.

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