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Analysis:Japan faces day of policy reckoning as Bessent calls time on big stimulus
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 31 : When the U.S. joined Japan’s efforts to shore up the yen, it wasn’t for nothing. This week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spelt out the terms: get busy on interest rate hikes and end outdated ideas about big economic stimulus.A month after a rare joint U.S.-Japan in
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Bessent expects Japan to take action to boost yen, signals BOJ rate-hike chance
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 31 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he believes Japan’s government and central bank will take action that leads to a stronger yen, CNBC reported on Monday, signaling a strong chance of a Bank of Japan interest rate hike in September.The remarks followed those by Bess
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Bessent says he believes Japan will take action leading to stronger yen
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 31 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday that he believes the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan will take action that leads to a stronger yen.”I have information that the market doesn’t have, and it’s my belief that the Japanese government and that
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Dollar slips ahead of US jobs data
NEW YORK, Aug 31 : The dollar edged lower on Monday as traders waited on key U.S. jobs data due later this week, after hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh on Friday renewed bets on a September interest rate hike.Traders will be focused on jobs and inflation data for August that is due…
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Dollar near two-week high as Warsh boosts rate-hike bets; yen slips past 160
HONG KONG, Aug 31 : The dollar held steady near a two-week high on Monday as markets ramped up bets on a rate hike after hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, while the yen slipped back through the closely watched 160-per-dollar level. The U.S. central bank will “have work to do” if policymake
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Bessent says yen moves ‘pretty contained’ and not disorderly
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, Aug 30 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday recent yen moves were “pretty well contained,” suggesting the Japanese currency’s renewed slides were not seen as the kind of disorderly moves that led to a rare joint Japan-U.S. intervention last month.The yen slid below
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Why young Brits are going to Japan
Photos of Mount Fuji, bowls of ramen and the bustle of Shibuya Crossing are filling up social media feeds.
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Bessent says disorderly yen moves can destabilize global markets
Aug 29 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said disorderly moves in the yen could trigger “forced unwinds” of positions that risk destabilizing global markets and ultimately raising borrowing costs for U.S. households and businesses. Bessent made the comments in a letter dated August 27 and posted on h
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Japan spent record $96.5 billion to support yen over past month, ministry data shows
TOKYO, Aug 28 : Japanese authorities spent a record 15.4 trillion yen ($96.5 billion) intervening in foreign exchange markets over the past month to support the local currency, Finance Ministry data showed on Friday.The size of the intervention shows the level of Tokyo’s resolve to pull the yen away from four
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Japan aims to cap FY27 new bond issuance at 40 trillion yen, PM says in Yomiuri interview
TOKYO, Aug 28 : Japan’s government aims to keep new government bond issuance to around 40 trillion yen ($251 billion) for the fiscal 2027 budget, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper.Her comments came as Japan’s budget requests from government ministries and agencies f
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