{"id":558858,"date":"2026-08-04T16:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/558858\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T16:18:18","slug":"scott-bessent-explains-why-he-helped-japan-strengthen-the-yen-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/558858\/","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\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOUG5qNTdTQmtSdkxoVzJFZnlkOHY3SnpjS3g3dnpadUpmN0RsOVJIWEZLNURMUHBaeXRqNlhvSE4zZEdNMHhhazRySWRJbGduUHVRT0dKUEZ3Mm1HVHhsV0ZiS25CN0w1ZkVJVElBSWRfNDhZX0dxOWJWTTkxeFhlQkFWRXIwT2g3V3NXbWN3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The US has stepped in to buy Japanese yen. Why?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<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\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxNR0w4MlVLcFBZVDJUekVSQ0I2bll4MVU1UEJxSUEzdkZzV2JvWmlCamxIcEt5bXp2OXZFcnhUa2lnWlhPRkhtVjd6Tk1WUFo3TzBTMWJPaFJyaW1DNUIyQWwydUIyOVplOGhhNFo4R1F0ajY2Yk5MVm9ZUkd2blR2eTh5ZVA3RXpHaDJnZXR3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A Currency Trader at Heart, Bessent Bets on Japan\u2019s Yen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;nytimes.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxNNDBUYldJMEZSOUIzXzZ3M1hJdkMzcUQtZWZrRWU3bklDbVFIMU42N3ZIeVFLdXZscHJhaDJQd3VwcGtzQnFha0xhY3Z0SVl4UGRudi1WOExfbE5YLURma0NrSEpFVGhtcWFvYU0xck51MnIyWjZpUGFveXZnUU5CdTV6aFZyQllTLV9mddIBkgFBVV95cUxPZUlyb2lGVW9ZUHUzTnQ4VjVrTUFMWHJScUg0YXpua0RZVXF1U2hiVElyVGU1WmhDWThtWkpkME1JSG4td0FRdFpCMW02ZFM5aUVtcnRsa1VSNmpfLU5HeFVheFhSTzRyTjdFM0cyT092Ymwwc1Q3Wi02c0FCVlNBSHN6X2RjdVVtU3pURkxVN2pEdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CNBC Daily Open: A U.S. yen intervention dressed in euros<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Bessent Explains Why He Helped Japan Strengthen the Yen&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJThe US has stepped in to buy Japanese yen.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-558858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}