A recent revelation of Treasury Secretary Scott Besant's to-do list — which included buying Japanese yen — highlighted coordinated U.S.-Japan intervention in currency markets to stabilize the yen. Meanwhile, economists express concern over the Federal Reserve's credibility amid bond marke
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