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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Graeme Wearden

Yen hits three-month high after Trump helps prop up currency

Japan's prime minister Sanae Takaichi meets Donald Trump
Japan’s prime minister Sanae Takaichi met Donald Trump in March. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

The yen has hit its highest level in three months after Japan and the US launched a combined operation to support the Japanese currency.

The yen strengthened to ¥155 to the US dollar on Monday, its highest level since early May, after Tokyo and Washington confirmed they had carried out a rare joint currency intervention late last week.

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