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How decisions made in one place reach Japan, and how Japan's own decisions travel.
Why a quarter-point Japanese rate rise shook world markets in 2024
For years investors borrowed cheap yen to buy higher-yielding assets abroad. When the Bank of Japan nudged rates up in July 2024, many of those bets were unwound at once.
Strategic oil reserves explained, and why China holds the largest
Emergency oil stocks were built to survive a supply cut. In 2026 the world is using them, and China's are now the largest.