🇪🇸 **Goldman Sachs: Japan's Historic $85B Yen Intervention Buys Time, Not a Fix**

• Japan's Ministry of Finance sold an estimated **$85 billion** over July 30–31 — its largest two-day FX intervention since 2011, joined symbolically by the US Treasury.
• The yen rallied from near 40-year lows past 164/dollar toward **157**, though it has since given back about half those gains.
• Goldman says Japan holds roughly **$200 billion** in ready cash for further rounds, out of $1 trillion in reserves.
• _"It ultimately just buys some time"_ — a lasting fix needs the BOJ to deliver a rate hike at its September meeting, now priced at 65% odds.

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