July 31 : The U.S. Treasury intervened to support the yen on Friday through outright purchases, the Financial Times reported, joining Japan in its efforts to boost the currency from near 40-year lows.The Federal Reserve Bank of New York conducted a sale of euros to buy yen on behalf of the Treasury through G

July 30 : The dollar sank against the Japanese yen on Thursday with traders alert to the possibility of intervention from Japan to prop up its stubbornly weak currency. The dollar…

NEW YORK, July 30 : The Japanese yen surged on Thursday, in a move analysts said bore the hallmarks of official intervention by Tokyo to prop up a currency that has slumped to…

By Jessica Fleetham and Megumi Fujikawa

Coordinated actions seen as joint effort to curb yen weakness