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Borrowing Japanese money at near-zero interest and placing it into higher-yielding U.S. assets such as Treasuries.
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yen carry trade
Borrowing Japanese money at near-zero interest and placing it into higher-yielding U.S.
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Global investors treated unipolar America as the safest place for money, and the yen carry trade helped send additional capital into U.S. financial markets.
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"...Japan is investing in America because of something called the Yen Carry Trade. And this is one of the dumbest things in the world...."
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"...lending it out at 5%. And it's something called the Yen Carry Trade. Okay? It's one of the dumbest things in the world. We..."
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