No place for stronger yen in anti-deflation package

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Neil MacKinnon, senior currency strategist at Merrill Lynch, argues that the Japanese economy will remain in depression if the yen's value is allowed to rise

The Japanese government's anti-deflation proposals focus mainly on ways to clear the banking system's enormous exposure to non-performing loans, as well as ways of supporting the stockmarket. However, a key part of any package designed to end deflation in the Japanese economy has to be the exchange rate. Should the yen appreciate on a

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