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(Bloomberg) -- The yen rebounded after falling through a level that prompted the latest round of suspected action by Japan to prop up the currency.Most Read from BloombergWorld’s Largest Nuclear Plant Sits Idle While Energy Needs SoarWarning Signals Are Flashing for Homeowners in Texas and Florida‘Not Gonna Be Pretty:’ Covid-Era Homebuyers Face Huge Rate JumpNew BYD Hybrid Can Drive Non-Stop for More Than 2,000 KilometersInsurers Sink as UnitedHealth Sees ‘Disturbance’ in MedicaidThe yen gained

Investors will learn Friday if Japan intervened to prop up the yen during the last month, with the beleaguered currency vulnerable to a selloff if authorities were absent or had to spend much more than expected.

BOJ bought least amount of debt last month since March 2013 Bond buying cuts to pressure yields higher: Mizuho's Omori

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) bought only ¥4.5 trillion ($29 billion) of government bonds last month, the lowest amount since March 2013, data released last week showed.

The yen weakens after the Bank of Japan decided to stay put on monetary policy and said it would specify the plan for bond purchases at its next meeting.

Japanese life insurers dialed back their protection against a rebounding home currency to a decade low and may cut those positions further in coming months.

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