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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicYen

Topic: Yen

First time in 32 years, Japanese yen dips past 150 per dollar

This comes as the greenback was supported by Treasury yields trading at multi-year highs, keeping markets on high alert for any signs of an intervention from Japanese authorities.

Modi govt’s plan to sell yen debt has one more hurdle: It’s too much

The size of yen global bonds Modi govt plans to issue may have to be revised as it could be too much for Japanese investors to stomach.

Facing dollar squeeze, Indian companies turn to Japan for Samurai loans

Top Indian firms are turning to Samurai loans, lured by Japan’s near-record low interest rates and easier availability of funds.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.