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Scott Bessent: “I am the house now, so when we intervene with the Japanese yen, I have pretty good insight into what the Japanese, what…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 2026
I am the house now, so when we intervene with the Japanese yen, I have pretty good insight into what the Japanese, what the Bank of Japan is going to do, what Japanese policymakers are going to do.
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Scott Bessent

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Speaking about his role in currency intervention.

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