Issue 73: The US, Dollar & The Yen

6 August 2026

Trading Post would not bet against it, even though the currency is treading water. As for the yen–US dollar exchange rate, expect broad base yen weakness to persist.

.Joint US-Japan intervention to support the yen is not going to reverse the trend. And it is not because Japan's economic fundamentals are deteriorating—quite the contrary. The problem lies with Takaichi and her spend thrift fiscal policies.

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