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

· The Guardian

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

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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