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Joseph Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM U.S., said in a post on X that the move looked like the Bank of Japan was intervening in the currency market to boost the yen.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

The central bank was intervening only to ease volatility, not to reverse a trend driven by fundamentals, Gaikar added.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Rising U.S. yields at a time when the Bank of Japan was intervening to keep Japanese benchmark yields pinned down caused the yen to soften this year.

From Reuters • May 13, 2022

Mr. Kaplan had been actively trading stocks and other assets in 2020, when the Fed was intervening in markets.

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

Be that as it may, public opinion was brought to this point by the belief that it was intervening in an exceptional manner to protect a definite class not strong enough to bargain for itself.

From Liberalism by Hobhouse, L. T. (Leonard Trelawny)