JAPAN DATA: The Ministry of Finance said it sold Y2.125 trillion
(Y2,124.9 billion) of the Japanese currency for the dollar on Sept. 15.
when Tokyo conducted its first intervention in more than six years to
prevent the yen’s rapid appreciation. The final data for the
July-September quarter showed that Japan did not step into the currency
market on any other day of September whereas traders had previously
speculated that the Bank of Japan carried out a similar operation on
Sept. 24.