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the united states and japan confirmed a joint intervention in currency markets, and the dollar fell from above 163 yen to 156.34 — a reversal off 40-year highs, with a suspected unannounced intervention the preceding friday. coordinated g7 currency intervention is rare; the us treasury normally lets the yen move. beneath it, goldman's desks reported flows that were 'gross down' rather than 'net up' and the largest prime-desk client buying since november 2020 driven by a short squeeze.

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japan's finance minister moved to announce coordinated japan-us intervention to halt the yen's slide, after japanese authorities bought yen and sold dollars; the currency recovered to about 157.40 per dollar from levels last seen in 1986. joint intervention with washington is rare — it means the weakness was judged disorderly rather than merely cheap, and required a partner to be credible. 93%
the us conducted intervention in yen markets, with commentary flagging unusual timing and knock-on risk for carry-trade unwinds. currency intervention by the us rather than japan in yen markets is a rare configuration, and it lands the same week japan is signing a digital-economy and ai cooperation framework with mexico as its foreign minister tours latin america. 92%
us and japanese authorities ran a coordinated intervention to support the yen, with the scale of the american contribution left undisclosed. coordinated currency intervention involving washington is rare; withholding the size of its own participation is rarer still. 91%
the us net international investment position reached minus 71% of gdp at end-2025, roughly four times its 2010 level, making foreign treasury buying structurally necessary to fund the deficit. at the same time the us treasury secretary and japan's prime minister publicly diverged on the bank of japan's rate path, with washington favouring tightening to support the yen and tokyo resisting. open disagreement between the two largest holders of this relationship is unusual; it is normally handled silently. 89%
a single announcement — talks with iran starting monday, strikes held off — moved brent crude down six percent and the yen from 164 to 155.20, with the us and japan jointly confirming intervention to support the currency. iran's foreign ministry denied any negotiations were underway. two of the world's largest economies acted on a de-escalation that one of the named parties says does not exist. 89%
federal reserve chair kevin warsh discontinued the practice of signalling interest rate decisions in advance, with treasury secretary bessent publicly endorsing the removal of what he called a forward-guidance crutch. separately a joint us-japan currency intervention to support the yen was described as driven as much by protecting the us treasury market from dollar devaluation as by helping an ally. a central bank deliberately reducing its own communication while coordinating currency operations is an unusual pairing. 89%

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