Tension over currencies continued on Friday as ministers assembled for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, with a European policymaker complaining about the weak dollar and Japan denying it was manipulating its currency. The debate on currencies has focused on the Chinese exchange rate, which Beijing continues to hold down by intervening in the currency markets. But the prospect of renewed quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve has weakened the dollar against other currencies.
週五,匯率問題引發的緊張局勢仍在延續:各國財長齊聚華盛頓出席國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)年會,一位歐洲政策制定者對美元疲軟發出抱怨,日本則否認自己在操縱日元匯率。各方圍繞匯率的爭論集中人民幣問題上,北京方面仍在通過干預匯市來壓低人民幣匯率。不過,美聯準(Fed)重啓定量寬鬆的前景已導致美元兌其它貨幣走低。