What to make of the yen’s drop and intervention chatter

While it has stabilised today, the ~10% depreciation of the Japanese yen over the past month or so is extraordinary. With some policymakers now hinting at FX intervention to stem the currency’s slide, it is worth examining how this unusual situation has arisen and what the implications might be, both for the yen exchange rate and financial markets more broadly.

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