Japanese markets look to be bouncing back - but it could be too early to say global panic has eased
Japanese markets look to be bouncing back - but it could be too early to say global panic has eased
6 August 2024
Japan's Nikkei had a record fall yesterday - sending shockwaves into other markets.
It's rebounded - to now sit almost nine percent up.
Markets analyst, Matt Goodson, says Japan's recent rate hike will hit international borrowers - like Australia and the US.
He says now all of a sudden they have to pay more to borrow the money, and pay it back in more expensive yen - so the carry trades are being unwound.
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