Topic: Yen
Yen
has 51.8% among topics.
BS Score: 3.4%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 4,644.
Analyzed articles
The Japan Times
- By Kazuaki Nagata
- 7/6/2026, 7:38 AM
Biased Writer Voice 54.6% - Framing Effect 47.4% - Negativity Bias 45.4%
Japan might be talking up the yen by saying less about it, the lack of information adding to the sense of uncertainty and putting traders on the back foot. “It seems to me that the government may be changing its approach to FX intervention,” said Norihiro Yamaguchi, an economist at Oxford Economics, using market shorthand for foreign... more
The Japan Times
- By Erica Yokoyama
- 6/19/2026, 1:45 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 25.9% - Confirmation Bias 24.4% - Biased Writer Voice 20.9%
Japan’s key inflation gauge held steady in May thanks in part to government subsidies that kept energy costs down, keeping the Bank of Japan on track for another interest-rate hike later this year. Core consumer prices, excluding fresh food, rose 1.4% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported... more
The Japan Times
- By Kazuaki Nagata
- 6/16/2026, 8:54 AM
Unattributed Quote 35.7% - Negativity Bias 24% - Biased Writer Voice 21.8%
The Bank of Japan, beset by inflation and a weak yen, made a move higher and lifted rates to levels not seen since 1995. For most analysts, it was a “done deal” ahead of the actual decision given the market’s growing impatience with wait and see and a growing sense in Japan that prices are simply rising too fast. At a two-day policy... more
The Japan Times
- By Kazuaki Nagata
- 5/21/2026, 7:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 70.7% - Biased Writer Voice 60% - Confirmation Bias 53.3%
The Bank of Japan’s wait-and-see approach is being stress-tested live as bonds fall and the yen remains weak, even after intervention, with some analysts wondering whether the cool approach to interest rate increases on the part of the monetary authorities might be feeding into the problem. “I believe long-term bond yields are rising... more