The yen has slumped to a level that leaves it on track for its worst year on record. The currency fell over 1% to ¥144.38 per dollar Wednesday in a third day of declines. The dollar-yen exchange rate crossed the mark of 144 yen for the first time since 1998.

The currency has slumped 20% this year, and edged past its previous worst annual drawdown in 1979.

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