Märkte Asien: Yen steigt, Aktien sinken: Japan und USA intervenieren gemeinsam am Devisenmarkt
Die erste gemeinsame Intervention seit 2011 überrascht die Märkte. US-Präsident Donald Trump deutet weitere Hilfe zur Stützung des Yen an.
Tokyo - Japan and the United States jointly intervened in the foreign exchange market for the first time in 15 years last Thursday to curb the decline of the Yen, the two countries' Finance Ministers announced in separate statements on Monday just before trading began in Tokyo. US Finance Minister Scott Bessent explained in a post on the news platform X that both sides aimed to counter "uncontrolled fluctuations in the Yen's exchange rate": "We will not hesitate to participate in further joint interventions."
US President Donald Trump had previously mentioned this on Air Force One: "The Yen is weakening, and they wanted a little help. And we are always there for Japan." The Yen temporarily rose by more than three percent to 155.31 Yen per Dollar in the early hours of Monday morning after these surprising statements. A dollar was worth almost 164 Yen before last week's intervention, in which roughly 59 billion Yen were purchased.
This abrupt turnaround adversely affected stock prices in Japan, as a stronger Yen reduces the foreign business results of companies when converted.
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