Japan sells Treasuries to save yen The US-Japan alliance is not unbreakable
Inflation fell across Europe, Sweden's Riksbank cut interest rates for the first time in eight years, becoming the second central bank in the developed world to ease policy after the Swiss National Bank, and the European Central Bank is widely expected to follow suit in June. Just as European central banks have cut interest rates, the Bank of Japan is considering when to raise rates to shore up the weakening yen.
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