The Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine running | Editorial
Donald Trump with Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a meeting at the White House in March 2026. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDonald Trump with Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a meeting at the White House in March 2026. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOpinionUS economyThe Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine runningEditorialA cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom.
- ▪Donald Trump with Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a meeting at the White House in March 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDonald Trump with Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a meeting at the White House in March 2026.
- ▪Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOpinionUS economyThe Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine runningEditorialA cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/12/the-guardian-view-on-japans-yen-trump-wants-to-keep-the-easy-money-machine-running |
| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:39:46 GMT |
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Donald Trump with Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a meeting at the White House in March 2026. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenDonald Trump with Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister, during a meeting at the White House in March 2026. Photograph: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesOpinionUS economyThe Guardian view on Japan’s yen: Trump wants to keep the easy-money machine runningEditorialA cheap currency helps finance the US tech boom. Washington is intervening because allies matter only when they are usefulWed 12 Aug 2026 13.39 EDTLast modified on Wed 12 Aug 2026 13.44 EDTShareJapan’s yen has slid back towards 160 to the dollar, despite last month’s extraordinary US-Japanese intervention.
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