US and Japan jointly intervene to prop up yen in rare move
That makes the Japanese currency less attractive to international investors.The Bank of Japan last raised interest rates in June, as it increased its main rate to 1% - the highest level since September 1995.
- ▪That makes the Japanese currency less attractive to international investors.The Bank of Japan last raised interest rates in June, as it increased its main rate to 1% - the highest level since September 1995.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Japan vows to intervene again with US over yen if needed — International homepage
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US and Japan jointly intervene to prop up yen in rare moveImage source, Bloomberg via Getty ImagesImage caption, Japan's prime minister Sanae Takaichi met President Trump in MarchByPeter HoskinsBusiness reporterPublished8 minutes agoJapan and the US have confirmed that they jointly intervened last week to halt a slide in the yen to a fresh 40-year low.The joint intervention is the first since 2011, when both countries took coordinated action to weaken the yen after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan.Both Japan's finance ministry and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have said that they will not hesitate to conduct joint interventions in the future.It highlights both countries' efforts to prevent a sell-off in the yen and Japanese government bonds from having…
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