Several senior US officials said the “rate checks” carried out when the yen weakened in January were initiated by US Treasury Secretary Bessent rather than at Japan’s request, according to Nikkei
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- US officials indicated that coordinated intervention to buy yen and sell dollars would have been considered if requested by Japan.
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