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Japan finance minister says forex intervention should be done in restrained manner

“Foreign exchange intervention should be done with its necessity and effectiveness taken into account,” Suzuki said, speaking in a regular post-cabinet meeting news conference.

Data from the Ministry of Finance showed last week that authorities spent 9.79 trillion yen ($62.85 billion) intervening in the market to support the yen over the past month.

On Friday, data from the ministry showed that Japan’s foreign reserves fell to $1.23 trillion at the end of May, down $47.4 billion from a month earlier.

Suzuki said that the drop partly reflected the intervention.

($1 = 155.7800 yen)


Source: Economy - investing.com

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