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Yen Spikes to 10-Week High Renewing Intervention Speculation

Bloomberg Markets
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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The Japanese yen surged about 1.8% in the span of a half hour during the afternoon of the Asia session and topped 155.04 per dollar, renewing speculation that the country is intervening in the...

The Japanese yen surged about 1.8% in the span of a half hour during the afternoon of the Asia session and topped 155.04 per dollar, renewing speculation that the country is intervening in the market. The currency later pared some of the advance. David Savage reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)

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