Political and fiscal risks to help undermine the yen

Japanese government officials have stepped up their expressions of concern about the strength of the yen, but they appear to favour additional fiscal measures and further easing from the Bank of Japan rather than physical intervention in the FX markets. Either way though, the yen looks set to give back some more of its recent gains.

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