Japan Finance Minister comments on fx movements with US Treasury Secretary

11 Dec 2018 09:40 AM

Japan Finance Minister Aso commented on foreign exchange discussions with the United States, noting that he had agreed to have discussions on the exchange rate and movements of foreign exchange markets with US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin.

For his part, said he did not remember the US President Donald Trump discussed the file of foreign exchange movements with Japanese Prime Minister Abe at their last meeting. In the end, Aso said the Japanese economy is not getting worse and that the slowdown in GDP growth in the third quarter is due to temporary factors.

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