Bessent’s ‘to do’ list: buy $5-10 billion worth of Japanese yen, photo shows

The notepad shows no other words, and Bessent's name card ⁠on the Camp David conference table is visible and positioned immediately above the notepad.

The US Treasury has not intervened to prop up the yen since 2011.

Treasury secretary’s notepad, photographed by Reuters on Friday morning, prompts questions over US plans During a cabinet meeting at Camp David on Friday, the US treasury secretary Scott Bessent carelessly revealed plans for the US to buy $5-$10bn ⁠in Japanese yen in a scribbled “to do” list left visible to a Reuters p

EXCLUSIVE: Bessent's 'to do' list: buy $5-10 billion worth of Japanese yen, Reuters photo shows  Reuters

CAMP DAVID, Maryland, July 31 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday exposed a "to-do" list during President Donald Trump's cabinet meeting indicating he was contemplating U.S. purchases of $5 billion to $10 billion worth of Japanese yen, a Reuters photograph taken during the meeting held at Camp David shows