Intervention

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By Howard Schneider JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Saturday that recent volatility may show that the market is pricing in less room for fiscal and monetary intervention in the…

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - If the Japanese government is thinking ahead, it may be planning to rein in the volatile yen rather than support it. A two-year cat-and-mouse game between speculators and Japanese authorities — which…

Justin gives us the latest from the Bank of Japan:And through an excerpt from Commerzbank, analysts there also see the Bank of Japan adopting a stance that favors further interest rate hikes, thus supporting the yen: The Bank of Japan…

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese authorities spent 5.53 trillion yen ($36.8 billion) intervening in the foreign exchange market this month to lift the yen from a 38-year low, official data showed on Wednesday. The Finance…

Written by Makiko Yamazaki and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will maintain its basic approach on the yen, with intervention remaining an option to address excessively volatile moves in the exchange rate, Atsushi Mimura, the new…

By Amanda Cooper and Brigid Riley LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese official buying to defend the yen has become a standard feature of the foreign exchange market landscape in 2024, but authorities in Tokyo have changed their tactics,…

Most Asian currencies were steady on Thursday amid concerns over tougher U.S. trade restrictions on China, while the Japanese yen held steady after rising sharply this week amid suspected interference. Regional currencies have gained in…

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is suspected of intervening in the foreign exchange market to support the yen on several occasions this month, highlighting its unease over the pain the currency's slide is inflicting on households as import costs…

The Japanese yen rose sharply against the US dollar on Wednesday and Thursday, with the USD/JPY pair falling to its lowest level in more than a month amid speculation that the government has intervened in currency markets. The pair, which…