{"id":583092,"date":"2026-08-04T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583092\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:00:17","slug":"scott-bessent-explains-why-he-helped-japan-strengthen-the-yen-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/583092\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Bessent Explains Why He Helped Japan Strengthen the Yen &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxNb2JGMDhLeFp6VWdZbHVCVnc2cE1TMzNYZlJCRXU2ZkQ5RlVxMS13RDE0ZTNjTEpZWmRBT0ZvbzY5eVVYWmI4OUpjSFJ1bFFTOHNIZl9YU3lIQmQ0dXZNbU9hUk85MlljNTM3NGpPSEJEWWNxNmE3c3FFSGRVR1pMLTgtZjNhNEtIS25IeWNjajZaa0Z4aHloUnRWQ1ZnT1lDcGt1TDVWY2tKUmNqcHJtc01UcDRsb00zZURSRzNhQWtvYjRRREEzWEo4WDlWenpMQnBLUTVaLVB3S2RNc2tpeGE0T1lFS0VmYWNkNUVqNmhYYUEySldqLXBn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scott Bessent Explains Why He Helped Japan Strengthen the Yen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPcDhQblNJaDRoYUVyMXpGUXNMeGZMd3JSMThHRVAzZWxhdmVLeUVVT1hHQ0hWYnVlR1ZpRFdueDVqdURmellaeWc5NnF6MVBzajZhNE9QZVdaS3VJNXIwTnJ2TW9lTGxKQWViTlVnWHhSTDlYRlRJN2NkdWZXNTNmX3VvTXA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scott Bessent\u2019s yen intervention signals new era of US \u2018currency activism\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBZc0pDYXZnZGM3QnZwdkt0cFl5RFpRYVRkMC1VOF9yTDBrdFNreURGNkkwcDh6alRjTlRTS2cwLVFWMllFeEpnbzU0MU5wNHI5MXAyQU5zRmpGQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US and Japan take action to prop up yen in rare joint move<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTFB3MlpmaWd5VjRPcTF2WHJvUGk2cVllaGZWZ0VURXlCVUNHRG1ocEhnbjhTdzJvVElnQnFzQjNpRUpMYnR2Q1lGekYwNGpXQXBfSFU1SHZaNmtnY3JCQW82cEROWjUwUXpGYTZTRTlaTFh3dWRy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The US has stepped in to buy Japanese yen. Why?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQVFFCR0diVlhYRTRic0MtSDhaT25BWmlfX0RWLUczMHdJamk1bXZxUS1XblJReGlVUEtNZkF2OFRMR0ozaF85YUNmam9YV1U0cV83NndfYjlpNTROS1l0endSRVk3ZDY2SmtMWjMtZmF2bEZ2TmNXel9KY3BSWHUzcWl2bm5aaXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why has Trump stepped in to prop up Japan\u2019s currency?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Bessent Explains Why He Helped Japan Strengthen the Yen&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJScott Bessent\u2019s yen intervention signals new era of US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60],"class_list":["post-583092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}