Current：Home > MarketsHow one small change in Japan could sway U.S. markets -FutureWise Finance
How one small change in Japan could sway U.S. markets
View
Date：2025-04-18 06:41:41
Since 2016, interest rates on ten-year Japanese government bonds have been locked in a very tight range, near zero percent. But Japan's central bank could soon change that, and that seemingly small adjustment could create large ripples around the world's financial markets.
This yield curve control in Japan is what we are calling an economic 'butterfly effect,' with billions of dollars at stake.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.
Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
veryGood！ (42411)
Related
- Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
- What defines a heartbeat? Judge hears arguments in South Carolina abortion case
- The first wrongful-death trial in Travis Scott concert deaths has been delayed
- A former Milwaukee election official is fined $3,000 for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Tom Holland's New Venture Revealed
- Police in riot gear break up protests at UCLA as hundreds are arrested at campuses across U.S.
- Birders aflutter over rare blue rock thrush: Is the sighting confirmed? Was there another?
- Nick Viall’s Wife Natalie Joy Shares Her Wedding Hot Take After “Tragic” Honeymoon
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- Nurse accused of beating, breaking the leg of blind, non-verbal child in California home
Ranking
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- A former Milwaukee election official is fined $3,000 for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- 'Closed for a significant period': I-95 in Connecticut shut down in both directions
- New York made Donald Trump and could convict him. But for now, he’s using it to campaign
- Opinion: Gianni Infantino, FIFA sell souls and 2034 World Cup for Saudi Arabia's billions
- New Bumble feature gives women a different way to 'make the first move'
- Defense chiefs from US, Australia, Japan and Philippines vow to deepen cooperation
- Police detain driver who accelerated toward protesters at Portland State University in Oregon
Recommendation
Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
'SNL' announces season's final guests, including Sabrina Carpenter and Jake Gyllenhaal
The first wrongful-death trial in Travis Scott concert deaths has been delayed
Dentist accused of killing wife tried to plant letters suggesting she was suicidal, police say
Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
Defense chiefs from US, Australia, Japan and Philippines vow to deepen cooperation
Big Nude Boat offers a trip to bare-adise on a naked cruise from Florida
A North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a Georgia rabbi