Bitcoin slipped near $76,400 after the BOJ's 6-3 hawkish hold revived June rate hike bets and yen carry trade unwind fears.

For EURUSD bears, the recent slide of short-term euro interest rates below short-term Japanese interest rates – for the first time in modern history – should have heralded a new paradigm in the FX ...

Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The key driver of global markets is the yen exchange rate, according to one financial historian, who warned the trend should concern those ...

(Bloomberg) -- The yen carry trade that crashed and burned last year may end up being one of the biggest beneficiaries of Japan’s seismic election result. The popularity of the strategy, which ...

The carry trade should not exist, according to academic theory. Uncovered interest-rate parity predicts that high-yielding currencies should depreciate, but that has failed repeatedly over the years ...

Emerging-market currency volatility at a one-year low is poised to sap demand for Asian foreign exchange in favor of its higher-yielding European and Latin American peers. Falling volatility means ...

Japan's bond market is igniting fears of capital flight from the U.S. and a carry trade unwind as long-dated yields hover near record highs. Yields resumed their move higher Wednesday as demand for 40 ...

Once considered a relic of pre-2008 trading, the yen carry trade is beginning to stir once more - like a familiar ghost returning to old haunts. With traders eyeing up Japan’s ultra-low rates and a ...

The carry trade in the yen is “a ticking time bomb,” with the popular hedge-fund strategy vulnerable to a massive unwind, according to BCA Research analysts. The trade — broadly defined as borrowing ...