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Japan moves to devalue Yen¹

Summary

15 September 2010

Japan's central bank has begun selling Yen in an attempt to reduce the value of the Japanese currency, which has been trading at 15-year highs against the US dollar.

Reporter:

Theo Leggett 

Report

For much of the past three years, the Japanese Yen has been gaining ground against the US dollar. That's bad news for Japan's biggest exporters.

In recent months, the government has been under increasing pressure to intervene, to prevent the country's fragile economic recovery from being choked off.

However, Wednesday's announcement took many analysts² by surprise, because Prime Minister Naoto Kan had been widely seen as reluctant to take such a step.

Some experts have also questioned the effectiveness of the move, without parallel actions from other leading central banks.

Theo Leggett, BBC News, London

1 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。