Japan's Ministry of Finance: The monetary authorities are ready to use tools to support market liquidity

According to Jinshi, the Japanese Ministry of Finance stated on the social media platform X that Japan's monetary authorities have multiple tools to meet market liquidity needs, including the discretionary use of the Federal Reserve's "Foreign and International Monetary Authorities (FIMA)" standing repo facility, which accepts U.S. Treasury securities as collateral to provide temporary U.S. dollar liquidity. The Ministry of Finance stated, "We are always ready to utilize available tools when necessary to support the orderly functioning of the market."