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What the market is saying about the U.S. intervention to prop up the yen

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CNBC reports that the U.S. and Japan jointly intervened to support the yen, which strengthened to one hundred fifty-seven yen per dollar. The yen had earlier fallen to just above one hundred sixty-three yen—its weakest level in four decades.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/03/yen-us-intervention-japan...

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