The recent strengthening of the yen will lower prices of imported goods and provide some support to flagging private consumption. However, lower import prices provide a further headwind to the Bank of Japan’s efforts to lift inflation. What’s more, the corporate sector will be worse off, as the reduced yen-value of exports and earnings of overseas subsidiaries undermines corporate profits.
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