‘Buy $5-10 billion yen’: Bessent’s ‘to-do’ note hints at US plan to back Japanese currency
The latest addition to the United State’s to-do list is Japanese currency, yen.Signs that Washington was preparing to back Japan’s currency came to light on Friday after a photograph from US President Donald Trump’s cabinet meeting at Camp David showed US treasury secretary Scott Bessent weighing purchases of between $5 billion and $10 billion worth…