China may have bought an unusually large quantity of Japanese bonds over the summer, but its purchases were too small to explain the strength of the yen or falls in government bond yields. In any case, the latest data show significant net sales by China more recently, yet the yen remains high. In the end, there are better explanations for the yen’s strength.
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