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Bessent's notepad accidentally reveals US yen purchase plan
Economy

Bessent's notepad accidentally reveals US yen purchase plan

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent left a handwritten to-do list visible to journalists during a Camp David cabinet meeting, inadvertently revealing plans for the US to buy between $5 billion and $10 billion in Japanese yen. The accidental disclosure has sparked immediate questions about Washington's currency strategy and whether the US is moving to actively weaken the dollar against the yen.

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