Mrs. Watanabe

English Etymology From en Mrs. + en Watanabe, from en ja - 渡%辺 ^わたな%べ a common surname. Proper noun A personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets. en 2009-06-27 The return of 'Mrs Watanabe' http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/KF27Dh01.html Asia Times Mrs Watanabe, the market’s metaphor for Japan’s housewife yen speculators, has come back to life. 11 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091026115827/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/KF27Dh01.html 26 October 2009 en http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13382159 2009-03-26 Wide girls Economist Mrs Watanabe is tiptoeing back into Japan’s stockmarket en August 9, 2013 Anjani Trivedi Handbags and Champagne: Japan’s Young Forex Divas Make Their Mark https://world.time.com/2013/08/09/handbags-and-champagne-japans-young-forex-divas-make-their-mark/ Time Mrs. Watanabe is back. Housewife investors were a feature of the Japanese financial landscape during the prolonged recession of the 1990s. 25 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212601/https://world.time.com/2013/08/09/handbags-and-champagne-japans-young-forex-divas-make-their-mark/ 28 October 2020 Translations personification of the Japanese housewife speculators French: fr Madame Watanabe Japanese: ja ミセス・ワタナベ Misesu Watanabe en eponyms en Finance