InTouch Capital Markets senior FX analyst Sean Callow said the recent yen depreciation has been notable for being unusually smooth and orderly. The dollar's rise against the yen has been moderate, without the violent swings that typically justify Japanese intervention. Callow said weaker oil prices should have offered some support to the yen, but interest-rate dynamics are dominating: strong US data have reinforced expectations for Fed hikes this year. Although the Bank of Japan acted in June, a

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ANTHROPIC launched the Claude Sonnet 5 model, calling it the most capable Sonnet for agent tasks to date. The firm says Sonnet 5 can plan and invoke tools such as browsers and terminals with autonomous performance that previously required larger, costlier models. Performance approaches Opus 4.8 while offering a lower price; Sonnet 5 is materially stronger than Sonnet 4.6 on inference, tool use, programming and knowledge-work tasks. Internal safety tests show a lower incidence of undesirable behavior versus Sonnet 4.6, and Sonnet 5 is significantly weaker than current Opus models on cybersecurity tasks. The model is live across all plans — default on Free and Pro, opt-in for Max, Team and Enterprise — and is available on Claude Code and the Claude platform. Launch pricing is $2 per MLN input tokens and $10 per MLN output tokens through Aug. 31, 2026, rising to $3/$15 thereafter.