Latest news: Today, after the release of weak US employment data, the yen suddenly jumped again: the US dollar once fell 1.1% to 156.68 yen per dollar. It is unclear what is driving this market fluctuation, and it is uncertain whether Japan will enter the market again to intervene. Japan's Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki and US Treasury Secretary Bezent confirmed on August 3 that Japan and the US jointly interfered in the foreign exchange market on July 31, EST to support the yen exchange rate. After the intervention, the yen exchange rate once rose to the 155 yen range for 1 US dollar, but earlier today it fell back to the 158 yen range for 1 US dollar.

Zhitongcaijing · 1d ago
Latest news: Today, after the release of weak US employment data, the yen suddenly jumped again: the US dollar once fell 1.1% to 156.68 yen per dollar. It is unclear what is driving this market fluctuation, and it is uncertain whether Japan will enter the market again to intervene. Japan's Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki and US Treasury Secretary Bezent confirmed on August 3 that Japan and the US jointly interfered in the foreign exchange market on July 31, EST to support the yen exchange rate. After the intervention, the yen exchange rate once rose to the 155 yen range for 1 US dollar, but earlier today it fell back to the 158 yen range of 1 US dollar to 1 yen.