Since the beginning of the year, the rupiah has depreciated by more than 7%, while rising oil prices and expectations of further US Federal Reserve interest rate hikes have added pressure on emerging markets.
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,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2026
As for how the yen depreciated, Japan's comparatively low interest rates have remained a key factor weighing on the currency.
He was sentenced to four years’ probation and initially ordered to stay away from his ex-wife and two children for six years, which was later reduced to two years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Nov. 2026
The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).
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