If the source is newsweek then I immediately don’t trust it.
It is common for Central Banks to intervene in currency trading.
The Bank of Japan does it often. Let me do a quick ChatGPT inquiry . . .
When did the Fed last intervene in currency trading?
Sept 17, 2019 offering $75B in overnight banking provisions. Before that, a prominent occasion was 2011, in cooperation with other countries supporting the yen.