US SOLD EUROS TO BUY YEN LAST FRIDAY AND ONLY TOLD THE ECB AFTER THE TRADE WAS DONE FT REPORTS WASHINGTON BLINDSIDED FRANKFURT IN THE JOINT MOVE WITH JAPAN TO

US SOLD EUROS TO BUY YEN LAST FRIDAY AND ONLY TOLD THE ECB AFTER THE TRADE WAS DONE FT REPORTS WASHINGTON BLINDSIDED FRANKFURT IN THE JOINT MOVE WITH JAPAN TO SUPPORT THE YEN SOME ECB OFFICIALS CALL IT AN UNPRECEDENTED BREAK FROM THE USUAL COOPERATION RULES