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U.S.-Japan Yen Intervention Puts Global Interest Rates in Focus

Executive Summary Japan and the United States recently jointly intervened to support the yen after the currency weakened to nearly ¥164 per dollar, its lowest level in roughly four decades. The operat

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Executive Summary Japan and the United States recently jointly intervened to support the yen after the currency weakened to nearly ¥164 per dollar, its lowest level in roughly four decades.

The operation briefly drove the yen to ¥155.

20, its strongest level since May, before it surrendered part of the gain and settled near ¥157.50. The...

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