Analysis: How Bessent is pushing Warsh’s Fed to expand backstop for Japan’s yen defense
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to defend the yen without selling Treasurys into a sensitive U.S. bond market. The Federal Reserve could help.
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