Japan’s Interest Rates Hit 30-Year Highs — Here’s Why It Could Affect You

Key Points Japan is raising rates and letting bond yields rise, shrinking the world’s cheapest funding source. Japan still anchors global finance through vast savings and about $1.2 trillion in U.S. Treasuries. If more Japanese money stays home, borrowing costs can rise worldwide, including in Brazil. For years, Japan exported low-cost capital. With rates near […]