The yen carry trade, where US investors borrow Japanese yen, due to its low interest rate environment, to purchase US monetary assets for a profit, has backfired on some investors as the Bank of Japan began to increase interest rates. A sell-off resulted, in part, due to this phenomenon having an impact on the US market.

Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre joins Catalysts to break down the Japanese yen carry trade and its impact on the US stock market.

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This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino