{"id":727686,"date":"2026-08-04T23:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727686\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T23:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T23:48:23","slug":"bessents-yen-gamble-is-a-warning-sign-buckle-up-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727686\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessent\u2019s Yen gamble is a warning sign \u2014 buckle up &#8211; Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPbk1DblNMU2ZKV0tHNUQyQUx3M0dlRFZOeXlIVVJnR0VVTnBIa1FoOWMxZHp5UlB5azNnNXRwYUtvUkNiZzFHTFVTWHFWSFdObHlMSm85S0NKc3h0UmVXTWFLRFNlQURDelc3d0k4LUpSR3FBLUQ5N0djUXR3UXVScjh2ZnBqQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bessent\u2019s Yen gamble is a warning sign \u2014 buckle up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fortune<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\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxQWkZhazhra3VtSWc5dHNHb3g2ZkE0M1pucDNCQnNtRzkzaFNDclFmYUw0VXNCVmt6elkyQ3BZRjgxN193UnNqcnVkVVIyWVU1RE1MZmJJODlna2JnN1FlT2I0aFlONC1lU1hSbG80cFlEOGtkQUNjcUpROUlhSmIwNWRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yen hits three-month high after Trump helps prop up currency<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<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;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxOY3JMOWh6OTFSeHRod0U3ZURXMVBZc202SWhscFNKVGY1WGRGMFhJNEhGaHk1NnUyaTlmU2FVMFRVUE9Xbzk5WW5sZTBOaVczYXNfam5fS0pnb3BwS2VmcEFfZGgwZnZHbFRDdjFFTkYtajVzMXJiUzJVdjhaV0tOWm1aZk9PWlg0aTdyX1NzUzlJMUZLU3FFQUZEUWc1bHQ0bWNqRkI4cXh2WktLa0VlanJUbFJuS3ZrMWVBNEtnWE52NzRFTzBHcEZ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EXCLUSIVE: Bessent&#8217;s &#8216;to do&#8217; list: buy $5-10 billion worth of Japanese yen, Reuters photo shows<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bessent\u2019s Yen gamble is a warning sign \u2014 buckle up&nbsp;&nbsp;FortuneScott Bessent\u2019s yen intervention signals new era of US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,386,16065,197204,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-727686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-japan","tag-scott-bessent","tag-u-s-department-of-the-treasury","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}