
Japan’s Finance Ministry disclosed that authorities sold dollars and bought yen in three interventions over the summer. The operations totaled about ¥15.2 trillion, including a record ¥7.9 trillion on July 30 and a coordinated intervention with the United States on July 31; the yen strengthened sharply afterward.
Yen purchases increase demand for the currency and can push USD/JPY lower, although the disclosed operations occurred months earlier. The data confirm the scale of official support and the possibility of future intervention.
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