Granted, Abe is less than two weeks removed from victory, but his pre- and post-election rhetoric about weakening the yen and getting Japan's inflation rate to two percent has been sharp. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung told a Vietnamese press outlet that the country has room to cut rates. The Indonesian Rupiah has faltered against the U.S. dollar this year, but the country has a widening current-account deficit and a $1.5 billion trade gap as of October, according to Bloomberg .