Thursday, Jun 07, 2007
Japan economy is better than they would have you think Yen to head higher
TELEGRAPH UK: Goldman Sachs warns of 'dead bodies' after market turmoil
Goldman Sachs warns of 'dead bodies' after market turmoil
Jim O'Neill, the bank's chief global economist, said investment firms playing the "carry trade" had been caught on the wrong side of huge leveraged bets against the Japanese yen.There has been an amazing amount of leverage on currency markets that has nothing to do with real economic activity. I think there are going to be dead bodies around when this is over," he said. "The yen carry trade has reached 5pc of Japan's GDP. This is enormous and highly risky, as we are now seeing."
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