Brad Setser on the US's Unusual Japanese Yen Intervention
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made headlines with a leaked to-do list instructing the purchase of Japanese yen, signaling rare U.S. involvement in currency intervention alongside Japan. The move, part of a broader effort to stabilize the deeply weakened yen, reflects concerns over
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