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- The yen slid to 40-year lows against the dollar, its weakest since 1986.
- Japan's government conducted yen-buying, dollar-selling intervention in New York hours, followed by the Bank of Japan signalling a strong chance of an early interest rate hike.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the yen 'seems very undervalued to me' and had a notepad with 'Buy Japanese Yen (JPY) $5-10 bil'.
- The U.S. Treasury informed banks to 'stand ready for future action' in the yen market.
- Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama will announce on Monday that Tokyo and Washington took joint action in the currency market.
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“The intervention marks the first joint Japan-US currency action since 2011 and follows Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's note to 'Buy Japanese Yen (JPY) $5-10 bil'. Bank of Japan signalled a strong chance of an early rate hike hours after Japan's yen-buying, dollar-selling move in New York.”
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“TOKYO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama will announce on Monday that Tokyo and Washington took joint action in the currency market to arrest the yen's slide to 40-year lows, two Japanese government officials told Reuters.”
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