Scott Bessent fired a currency bazooka, but global finance still looks like a ‘giant Jenga tower’ propped up by a Japanese yen that’s in deep trouble

"Now traders are watching the 'yen carry trade,' where cheap yen borrowing funds bets on higher-yielding assets worldwide, and wondering if it’s about to blow up.

Source: [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/08/15/scott-bessent-dollar-yen-carry-trade-global-finance-jenga-tower-fed-rates-bank-of-japan/)