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CFTC data through Aug. 4 shows bearish yen positions cut by roughly half as coordinated U.S.-Japan action stabilized the currency.

The yen sits within striking distance of 160 per dollar, a level traders treat as a likely trigger for Japanese currency intervention.

Governor Michele Bullock and Assistant Governor Christopher Kent face parliamentary and media scrutiny later this week as the Australian dollar slips after six straight weeks of gains.

Japanese authorities have spent over $100 billion defending the yen, including a rare July 28 joint intervention with the U.S., yet the currency continues depreciating toward 160 per dollar.

The yen has surrendered nearly half its intervention-driven gains; the Reserve Bank of Australia held its cash rate steady but left the door open to further hikes.

Technical patterns and seasonal export flows support a resumption of the yuan's year-long appreciation, with Goldman Sachs forecasting 6.7 per dollar within 12 months.

Japan's currency fell 0.5 percent against the dollar in August, reversing a 3.2 percent July gain, as interest rate differentials and fiscal concerns override official action.

State-run banks sold dollars Monday to counter rising crude prices and forward contract demand, keeping the rupee on the stronger side of 85.50.

Tokyo and Washington jointly pushed the yen from 163 to 157 against the dollar, but analysts warn the move treats symptoms rather than the rate-differential cause.

A car drove into a crowd in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people, but bond markets showed no lasting reaction, maintaining focus on core economic drivers

Foreign central bank holdings of U.S. Treasuries fell for the first time in four weeks amid suspected Japanese currency intervention