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Mrs. Watanabe

Mrs. Watanabe proper noun: a personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets.

Proper noun

Mrs. Watanabe

  1. A personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets.
    • Mrs Watanabe, the market’s metaphor for Japan’s housewife yen speculators, has come back to life.2009 June 27, “The return of 'Mrs Watanabe'”, in Asia Times, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2009
    • Mrs Watanabe is tiptoeing back into Japan’s stockmarket2009 March 26, “Wide girls”, in Economist

Origin of Mrs. Watanabe

From Mrs. + Watanabe, from Japanese 渡(わたな)辺(べ) (Watanabe, a common surname).

Questions about Mrs. Watanabe

What does Mrs. Watanabe mean?
Mrs. Watanabe means a personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets.
What part of speech is Mrs. Watanabe?
Mrs. Watanabe is a proper noun.

Words near Mrs. Watanabe in the dictionary

  1. Mrs. Robinsons
  2. Mrs. Santa
  3. Mrs. Santa Claus
  4. Mrs. Santa Clauses
  5. Mrs. Santas
  6. Mrs. Watanabe
  7. MRSA
  8. MRSAs
  9. MRSE
  10. Mrses
  11. Mrses.

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