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>These lower interest rates are allowing hedge funds to make money via currency carry trades

What does the absolute level of interest rates have to do with being able to perform a carry trade? It's the spread that matters, and that spread exists whether average rates are high or low, on average, across economies.



I assumed there was an implicit than the US there. So you are correct that its the spread that matters.

The article was about lower Japanese rates as compared to the US, which has relatively high interest rates.




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