1. And the weaker yen has yet to boost industrial production, MITI officials said. 2. As the yen has risen, auto makers have shifted production of less expensive cars overseas, leaving only expensive cars that can be made profitably in Japan. 3. Executives for the Big Three automakers say they plan to offer incentives to offset the price edge that a lower yen has given Japanese cars. 4. The weak yen has had little affect on the Asian cargo market, United said. 5. The yen had its biggest drop in years. 6. The yen will have to come down and the dollar go up. 7. The yen had a short-lived rally in Asian trading as talk of dollar selling circulated. 8. The weak yen has the opposite impact on U.S. automakers in Japan. 9. Will the euro compete with the dollar in the same way the yen has? 10. Also worrisome to some economists is the effect the sky-high yen may have on an entirely different part of the economy. |