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FX intervention to weaken yen unlikely

Japan’s government has intervened in the FX markets to weaken the yen far more often than to strengthen it. But FX interventions have become very rare over the past two decades and our sense is that the government is welcoming a stronger exchange rate in current circumstances. It would take a much larger and rapid appreciation for the MoF to step in with FX purchases.

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