Negative real rates also make dollars less attractive to funds and folks with savings abroad, so they will increasingly invest in their home countries, or invest elsewhere in euro or yen securities, because our returns don’t even match inflation.
The biggest economic threat facing the next administration: A weak dollar|Shawn Tully|October 11, 2020|Fortune
So even though it correctly touted trades such as going long equities, buying gold and betting on the yen against the dollar, it failed to benefit from its own foresight.
The losses continue to pile up for hedge fund king Ray Dalio|Bernhard Warner|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Japan’s benchmark stock index sank 2% on Friday, while the yen strengthened, suggesting investors fear Abe’s exit doesn’t augur well for future growth.
The legacy Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, will leave after resigning|claychandler|August 28, 2020|Fortune
Day tickets at Asahidake (www.wakasaresort.com) cost 4,000 yen.
Olympians Dish on Their Favorite Spots to Ski & Snowboard|The Daily Beast|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Lift Tickets: Day tickets at Niseko (www.niseko.ne.jp) are 5,900 yen, during the high season; multi-day passes are available.
Olympians Dish on Their Favorite Spots to Ski & Snowboard|The Daily Beast|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Her yen for juxtaposition of pretty and ugly, water and tar, public and private, can be seen in the smallest moments.
This Week’s Hot Reads: August 19, 2013|Jen Vafidis|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The value of the yen is falling exactly as planned, and Japanese stocks on the Nikkei are doing very well.
Can 'Abenomics' Revitalize Japan?|Justin Green|April 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He says his payments include 100,000 yen a month for “mental damage.”
Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup Bogged Down in Bureaucracy, Could Take Decades|Lennox Samuels|March 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Yen Sin held it up before his eyes in the full glow of the lamp.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various
Yen shrugged his shoulders and, looking straight in front of him, held voluble discourse with his comrade.
Mortmain|Arthur Cheny Train
He receives considerable gifts of rice, perhaps to the value of 120 yen, at any rate enough for the whole year.
The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott
The budgets often of these men, who own their own land, show a balance of 85 yen.
The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott
The maximum deposit in one year of any depositor is limited to 500 yen (about £50).
The Empire of the East|H. B. Montgomery
British Dictionary definitions for yen (1 of 2)
yen1
/ (jɛn) /
nounpluralyen
the standard monetary unit of Japan, (notionally) divided into 100 sen
Word Origin for yen
C19: from Japanese en, from Chinese yüan circular object, dollar
British Dictionary definitions for yen (2 of 2)
yen2
/ (jɛn) informal /
noun
a passionate, ardent, or intense longing or desire
verbyens, yenningoryenned
(intr)to yearn
Word Origin for yen
perhaps from Chinese (Cantonese) yăn a craving, addiction
“Ketchup” And Other Words That Come From Mandarin Or CantoneseDo you have a yen for Chinese languages? You don't have to look far, because English contains many words originating from Mandarin and Cantonese.