The yen’s safe haven status has been challenged by expectations of aggressive monetary expansion by the Bank of Japan and the swing in Japan’s trade balance from surplus to deficit. However, even if some overseas investors struggle to see Japan as a safe haven, it remains one for the Japanese themselves.
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