The yen is an important barometer for the Japanese economy.
The violent fluctuations of the Japanese yen through the 1980s and 1990s have played a critical role in Japan's economic decline.
The role of the yen in the International financial system is reconsidered from a comparative (historical) approach.
The decision of the G-5 countries to appreciate the yen during the Plaza accord was of great significance for Japan because this was the sharpest appreciation among the leading currencies.
Three years have passed since the Bank of Japan's asset purchase program was introduced in 2011, causing a sharp decline in the value of the Japanese Yen.
Marsh (1992). Article 1 of the Banking Law said “The Reichsbank is a bank independent from the Reich government.” 24. Article 14 gave half of the fourteen seats on the Reichsbank's general council to foreign members from Britain, ...
In this important new book, C.H. Kwan asks whether the Japanese yen can, or will, replace the dollar as the key currency in East Asia.
"Argues that three conditions need to be fulfilled before the yen can become a major international currency ... Focuses on the importance of market principles ..." -- Abstract.
The Rising Yen: The Impact of Japanese Financial Liberalization on World Capital Markets
This monograph covers Japan-US trade and the allegation that the yen is artificially undervalued, liberalization of international capital flows, internationalization of the yen, treatment of US financial institutions in Japan,...