{
  "id": 117010,
  "title": "Citi Says Japan Has Yen Defense Tools Beyond Treasury Sales",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/citi-says-japan-has-yen-defense-tools-beyond-treasury-sales",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T03:50:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-04/citi-says-japan-has-yen-defense-tools-beyond-treasury-sales"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japan has alternative tools to defend the yen without liquidating its more than $1.1 trillion US Treasury portfolio as its short-term debt holdings run low, according to Citigroup Inc.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}