IMF Says Data Show Talk of Currency Wars Is ‘Overblown’
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The International Monetary Fund sought to ease concerns about exchange-rate volatility that will dominate this week’s Group of 20 nations meeting, calling talk of international currency wars “overblown.”
“Our multilateral assessment does not indicate very significant deviations from fair value for the relevant currencies,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told a news conference in Washington today.