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US and Japan jointly intervene to boost yen from 40-year low

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The United States has intervened alongside Japan to strengthen the Japanese yen, which had fallen to a 40-year low. This joint action, the first in nearly three decades, saw the yen surge against the US dollar. The intervention is seen as a signal of friendship and a strategic move by the US to potentially limit selling pressure on its Treasuries, while Japan aimed to seize a favorable economic window. AI

RANK_REASON Joint currency intervention by major economies is a significant policy action. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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US and Japan jointly intervene to boost yen from 40-year low

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Sylvia Ma ·

    The US has helped pull Japan’s yen out of a 40-year low. Why?

    Only days ago, the Japanese yen’s descent showed no signs of stopping, having already dropped to a 40-year low. But by Monday morning – after a rare intervention on the currency’s behalf by Tokyo and Washington – it surged as high as 155.23 per US dollar, its strongest level sinc…

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