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yen

[yen] / yɛn /


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“Market forces, including the drag from energy and local asset managers’ reticence to rotate to yen assets, favor a weaker JPY,” Keshvani says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The U.S. bank expects Sumitomo Electric’s operating profit to rise to 473.2 billion yen, compared with the company’s forecast of Y425 billion, for the fiscal year that began in April.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

In January, it signaled it might buy yen, then under severe downward pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The Ministry of Finance is scheduled to auction about 600 billion yen of 30-year JGBs on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“He’s got a yen for poetry, Mr. Randolph does.”

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson




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