How to Use the yen in a Sentence

the yen

noun
  • Japan’s economy is mired in a years-long malaise and the yen has been weak.
    — Maria Aspan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
  • In the wake of the report, the dollar weakened against both the yen and the euro.
    — Sarah Min,christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • And the yen isn’t alone in riding the currency roller coaster.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2023
  • But for bonds and the yen, the calculus is different.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 31 May 2026
  • But those fears, as well as a further jump in the value of the yen, are still haunting the market.
    — Laura He, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Look at the Dollar Take a look at a long-term dollar chart – say, against the yen.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Stocks closed the day slightly up and the yen was little changed at around ¥147 to the dollar.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Asia, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Ang expects the yen to stay between 150 and 160 next year.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2025
  • The greenback has done better against other currencies such as the euro and the yen.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Investors will focus on the yen, which gained the past four weeks as fears over the health of an array of lenders whipsawed markets.
    — Ye Xie, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The dollar lost more than 5% against the euro and pound, and 6% against the yen since early April.
    — CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The central bank raised interest rates last week to boost the yen, which could be a drag on corporate profits there.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Right on cue, the yen fell another 1% against the dollar yesterday.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In Asia, Japan’s benchmark index surged as the yen remained weak against the dollar.
    — Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Treasuries, the yen, the Swiss franc and gold have come under pressure, while the dollar has rallied.
    — Ruth Carson, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
  • In the short term, chances of intervention remain high, but the long-term outlook is supportive for the yen.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 19 June 2026
  • The greenback also strengthened to its highest level since July against the yen last week.
    — Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Japan recorded a trade deficit for the third straight fiscal year as the costs of energy and other imports rose and the yen remained weak.
    — Yuri Kageyama, Fortune Asia, 17 Apr. 2024
  • In the beginning, there was the unwinding of the yen carry and panic in markets that followed for about a week.
    — Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Last week, all major indexes closed down for the week after the unraveling of the yen carry trade led to big moves by traders.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The dollar is more attractive and stable than the euro, the rupee, the yen, or the renminbi.
    — Ro Khanna, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But virtually all of it came from the euro, the pound, and the yen; the dollar’s share was barely affected.
    — Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
  • That said, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday; still the dollar fell against the yen.
    — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The costs of this chronic complacency are rising as the yen surges, putting Japan’s export sector at grave risk.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • That has sparked a massive reversal in the value of the dollar against the yen, with the dollar now worth much less on a relative basis.
    — Steve Kopack, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Of course this flow of funds out of Japan and into the dollar has clear and meaningful ramifications for the yen.
    — Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Soon after her election, the yen hit a new low amid expectations of major fiscal stimulus.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That 1985 agreement sent the yen soaring and pushed the economy into the red a year later.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Last year, Japan spent tens of billions of dollars intervening in the foreign exchange market to prop up the yen.
    — River Akira Davis, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
  • What also makes the current level of valuation a bit fragile is the yen, Angrick added.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026

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