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Meaning of Mrs. Watanabe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets.

Equivalents

Examples

“Mrs Watanabe, the market’s metaphor for Japan’s housewife yen speculators, has come back to life.”
“Mrs Watanabe is tiptoeing back into Japan’s stockmarket”
“Mrs. Watanabe is back. Housewife investors were a feature of the Japanese financial landscape during the prolonged recession of the 1990s.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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