# Why the Yen Hasn’t Been a Safe Bet

> Asian stock indexes fell after the Federal Reserve lifted rates, with Japan's Nikkei down 2.8% and the Shanghai Composite down 0.5%. Declines in Asia were smaller than those in US benchmarks.

- Date: 2018-12-20 · published 2018-12-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Asia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61787-why-the-yen-hasn-t-been-a-safe-bet
- Commodities: [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md)

## Why it matters

Risk-off equity moves tend to weigh on commodity demand expectations, but this routine market move has little direct effect on feed prices.

## Sources

- wsj.com: https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-yen-hasnt-been-a-safe-bet-11545281601?mod=e2twa

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