US-Japan coordinated yen intervention 2026
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Yen jumps to one-month high on intervention speculation
Japanese investors are the largest overseas holders of U.S. Treasurys, holding around $1.1 trillion worth of U.S. debt as of June.
Atsushi Mimura said authorities were neither satisfied nor reassured by recent currency moves and remain on heightened alert.
BOJ board member Hajime Takata said the central bank should hike rates nimbly in response to rising inflation.
“But I do not think [the Ministry of Finance] has done this kind of small stealth intervention in recent history. So it is probably just a reaction to BOJ Governor Ueda's comment cementing the high likelihood of a BOJ rate hike in September,”
Bessent attacks Warren over yen intervention query
The intervention marked the first coordinated U.S.-Japan effort to strengthen the yen since 1998.
Warren responded on X by pointing to recent setbacks for Bessent.
Bessent wrote on X that Warren knows less about foreign exchange markets than she does about banking.
“His effort to prop up a foreign currency hasn't worked. His failed intervention in Treasury markets was blasted by his mentor as burning 'two centuries' of credibility. Trump's economy is crushing families. Maybe he should focus on that.”
Japan's yen intervention turbo-charges carry trade
CFTC data show leveraged funds slashed net short yen positions from almost 138,000 contracts at the end of June to 59,526 as of Aug. 11.
Francis Tan said the intervention only addressed a symptom but is not curing the disease.
Japanese investors net bought more than 5 trillion yen of foreign equities and long-term bonds over the two weeks ended Aug. 15.
“The market is far less one-sided than before the intervention, but the incentives to fund in yen remain attractive while U.S.-Japan rate differentials stay wide,”
U.S. and Japan confirm coordinated yen intervention
Robin Brooks said the coordinated intervention could ultimately weaken rather than strengthen confidence in the yen.
The yen recently fell to its lowest level in roughly four decades against the dollar.
The yen was trading at 157.70 per dollar on Monday.