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EPISODE · May 21, 2024 · 26 MIN

Japan Spent 60 Billion Dollars Defending The Yen!

from Patrick Boyle On Finance · host Patrick Boyle

Send us a textOver a four-day period Japan is suspected to have carried out two interventions to support the yen at an estimated cost of $59 billion dollars.The first intervention came after the yen fell below 160 to the dollar for the first time in 34 years. The second intervention came a few days later after Jerome Powell announced that a rate hike was unlikely to be the Fed’s next interest-rate move.The simplest explanation for the declining yen is that it is entirely driven by Japanese in...

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