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Japan may have spent $32 billion in additional yen-buying intervention

BY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 05/07/26 05:05 AM EDT

By Atsuko Aoyama and Rocky Swift

TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan may have spent as much as 5.01 trillion yen ($32.06 billion) in its latest efforts to bolster its embattled currency, central bank data indicated on Thursday, signalling repeated bouts of intervention in markets.

The Bank of Japan's projection for money market conditions for the following day indicated a 4.51 trillion yen net outflow of funds, compared with brokerage forecasts of between zero and an increase of 500 billion yen.

Yen-buying activity involves the BOJ soaking up the currency from markets, so any outsized shortfalls in funds can offer an estimate of the size of any intervention. ($1 = 156.2600 yen) (Reporting by Rocky Swift Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Toby Chopra)

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