Why has Trump stepped in to prop up Japan’s currency?

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:45:51 GMT

The US has bought up yen to strengthen the currency for the first time in almost 30 years, with the moves raising questions about America’s motivesThe US has launched a bid to prop up the value of the yen, marking an extraordinary coordinated intervention with Japan’s government to halt the currency’s fall as it approaches 40-year lows.Japan has been struggling to stop an accelerating slide in the yen, which has been piling pressure on its already flailing economy. Japan is reliant on imports for both energy supplies and food, and a weak yen makes the cost of those imports more expensive for businesses and consumers. Continue reading...

Read the full article at www.theguardian.com →

The same story across the political spectrum (15 sources)

Left: GOP's 'remarkable' Trump humiliation floors ex-prosecutor: 'They have gone too far' — www.rawstory.com
Center-Left: Yen hits three-month high after Trump helps prop up currency — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: Trump says Iran talks set for Monday as Tehran and Oman discuss strait of Hormuz deal — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: ‘Trumpeters? We think we’re the kings of the orchestra’: Wynton Marsalis prepares to blow the Edinburgh festival away — www.theguardian.com
Center-Left: The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump | Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton — www.theguardian.com
Right: Two Americas, under Fauci, with liberty and justice for none — www.theblaze.com
Right: Trump is continuing JFK’s war on communist subversion — www.theblaze.com
Right: Some Christians call Trump the Antichrist — but does Scripture agree? — www.theblaze.com
Right: Washington still has not learned the North Korea lesson — www.theblaze.com

← Back to FlashTopics.com