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Why Trump's buying Japanese currency
Published 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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The US and Japan have confirmed that they jointly intervened last week to halt a slide in the value of the Japanese currency.
The Yen had dropped fto a new 40-year low when the US and Japan went on a buying spree designed to stop it from falling further.
But why would the United States get involved to help the economy of a trading partner?