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Treasury Secretary Bessent uses hedge fund tactics to support Japanese yen

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, drawing on his past experience as a hedge fund manager, has orchestrated the first joint currency intervention with Japan since 2011. This move aims to stabilize the Japanese yen, which Bessent believes was undervalued. The intervention is strategically timed to prevent Japan from selling its significant holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds, which could further increase U.S. interest rates as the national debt approaches $40 trillion. AI

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Treasury Secretary Bessent uses hedge fund tactics to support Japanese yen

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Mia Osmonbekov ·

    Scott Bessent is using moves from his hedge fund days to prop up Japan’s yen—and America’s $40 trillion national debt

    The man who once shorted currencies is now propping them up. “He takes risks that other Treasury Secretaries over the past two generations wouldn't.”

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