Yen Rises Against Bitcoin, Dollar as Scott Bessent Predicts Bank of Japan Rate Hike

Yen Rises Against Bitcoin, Dollar as Scott Bessent Predicts Bank of Japan Rate Hike


The yen (JPY) strengthened against the dollar (USD) and bitcoin

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after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Bank of Japan is behind the curve on inflation and will probably have to raise interest rates.

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“The Japanese have an inflation problem  … They’re behind the curve, so they are going to be hiking, and they need to get their inflation problem under control,” Bessent said during an interview with Bloomberg TV.

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