Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Business & Finance › Yen Rally Erodes Japan Corporate Buffers, Raises Earnings Risks
Business & Finance

Yen Rally Erodes Japan Corporate Buffers, Raises Earnings Risks

Bloomberg Markets Wednesday 09 September 2026, 02:59 UTC By Kentaro Tsutsumi 1 min read
Key Points

Investors may start shifting focus to domestic demand-reliant stocks that are poised to benefit from a strong currency after a surge in the yen took the currency past forecasts made by listed Japanese companies to calculate their corporate earning projections.

Investors may start shifting focus to domestic demand-reliant stocks that are poised to benefit from a strong currency after a surge in the yen took the currency past forecasts made by listed Japanese companies to calculate their corporate earning projections.
Yen Rally (PERSON) Japanese (ORG)
Originally published by Bloomberg Markets Read original →

Related Stories

A European Central Bank rate hike is all but certain, the reasoning less so

The European Central Bank is all but certain to raise interest rates on Thursday, with investors pricing the move at near-total probability, but the decision is more awkward than the numbers suggest as inflation is being driven almost entirely by energy with underlying pressures actually easing. Frankfurt will almost certainly move on Thursday. Market odds put a quarter-point hike at close to certainty, which would lift the European Central Bank's deposit rate from 2.25% to 2.5%.

Euronews 7m ago

Taiwan waits for its new F-16s, still stuck in Hawaii after a fortnight’s delay

Taiwan waits for its new F-16s, still stuck in Hawaii after a fortnight’s delay No official reason has been given for why the initial two aircraft are yet to leave the Pearl Harbour-Hickam base The aircraft, which were expected to arrive at Taiwan’s Chihhang Air Base in late August, were spotted preparing for departure at Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam on Monday, raising expectations that the fighters were finally about to resume their journey. But the two single-seat F-16Cs, numbered 6727...

South China Morning Post 8m ago

MangoBoost’s CEO Kim on Business Strategy

MangoBoost CEO Jangwoo Kim discusses his company’s data solutions and fundraising plans. He speaks exclusively on the sidelines of the KBFG Korea Conference in Seoul.

Bloomberg Markets 15m ago

Jefferies’ Wood Sticks With ‘Picks and Shovels’ Trade

Chris Wood, Global Head of Equity Strategy at Jefferies, says he continues to favor the “picks and shovels” trade as long as capital spending holds up. He also says China's domestic market gives it an edge in the AI cycle. He speaks on the sidelines of the KBFG Korea Conference in Seoul.

Bloomberg Markets 16m ago