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Yen jumps to one-month high as traders weigh chance of further intervention
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday he believed Japanese authorities would take action to lead to a stronger yen.
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A rerun of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis? HSBC’s chief economist sees significant similarities
Surging U.S. bond yields, a weak Japanese yen and tech optimism dominated the financial environment in the lead-up to the crisis.
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Bessent attacks Warren over yen intervention query, offers ‘Foreign Exchange for Dummies’ lesson
Treasury has not disclosed how much yen it bought, the execution rate or the current value of the position, despite Warren’s requests for details.
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Japan’s historic yen intervention has ‘turbo-charged’ the carry trade
Japan’s historic effort to prop up the yen may have had an unintended consequence: giving investors a better opportunity to put the carry trade back on.
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Japan exports beat estimates in July as robust chip shipments power fifth straight month of gains
Shipments of semiconductor equipment posted a massive 49.1% jump in value, reflecting continued demand, boosted by the artificial intelligence boom.
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Japan’s bond market may be the canary in the coal mine for the AI stock rally
What starts in Japan and Europe may not stay there, as rising yields, fiscal pressures and energy-driven inflation increasingly reinforce each other.
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Goldman says Japan’s $1 trillion of reserves leaves ‘plenty of capacity’ for further yen interventions
Japan has enough cash at its disposal for a couple more rounds of yen-buying on the scale of last month’s intervention, Goldman Sachs says.
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Japan wholesale inflation eases slightly to 7.2%, undershooting expectations
The PPI reading was lower than the 7.4% expected by economists polled by Reuters, and was down from a revised 7.3% seen in June.
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Yen rally fades a week after U.S.-Japan intervention as focus shifts to policy
The coordinated involvement from the Treasury and BoJ had initially lifted the yen as low as 155 to the dollar, down from just above 163 beforehand.
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Bessent says U.S. backed Japan’s yen intervention to help stabilize Asia
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. bought yen alongside Japan to curb currency volatility and reduce risks to Asian markets.
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