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Japan’s Foreign Reserves Plunge After Record Yen Intervention

Japan’s foreign exchange reserves fell by a historic $79.6 billion in August following aggressive currency intervention to stabilize the yen, a move that likely required substantial sales of US Treasury securities.

6 Sept, 23:56 — 7 Sept, 04:32
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bloombergHigh7h ago

Japan Likely Sold Treasuries to Fund Record Yen Intervention

Japan likely sold a portion of its holdings of foreign securities, including US Treasuries, to finance its record currency intervention over the past month.

By Erica Yokoyama

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straits-timesMostly Factual4h ago

Japan’s August foreign reserves post largest-ever drop after record intervention - The Straits Times

Japan’s August foreign reserves post largest-ever drop after record intervention  The Straits Times

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mainichi-englishMostly Factual2h ago

Japan foreign reserve assets fall by record 6% after interventions

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's foreign reserve assets in August fell $79.58 billion, or 6.18 percent, from the previous month to $1.21 trillion, marking the

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moneycontrol5h ago

Japan may have sold US Treasuries to fund record $99-billion yen intervention - Moneycontrol.com

Japan may have sold US Treasuries to fund record $99-billion yen intervention  Moneycontrol.com

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japan-timesMostly Factual6h ago

Japan likely sold Treasurys to fund record yen intervention

Tokyo's holdings of foreign securities fell by $87.8 billion at the end of August from a month earlier, close to the scale of the recent intervention.

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nation-thailandMixed2h ago

Japan reports largest monthly reserve decline amid yen intervention - Nation Thailand

Japan reports largest monthly reserve decline amid yen intervention  Nation Thailand

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