Fed Requests Banks to Monitor EUR/JPY Exchange Rate Amid Joint Intervention
On August 1st, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York requested US banks to check the EUR/JPY exchange rate. This move is significant as it marks a joint intervention by Japan and the US in the foreign exchange market for the first time in over a decade.
The New York Fed conducted selling Euros and buying Yen operations, according to Bessent's handwritten list.