Starting with the depreciation of 482 yen on the Nikkei average, the yen fell further 10%, but the Bank of Japan was reluctant to raise interest rates drastically - T. Low

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The yen falls further 10%, but the Bank of Japan is reluctant to raise interest rates drastically - T. Lowe
Quentin Fitzsimmons, global bond portfolio manager at T. Lowe Price, pointed out that the yen exchange rate will continue to fall, and there is a possibility that it will fall further 10% and sink to the level it has been since the 1980s. It is said that this is because the Bank of Japan is reluctant to raise interest rates drastically.
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