Mnuchin Seen Delaying Currency Report Until After Elections
- Treasury may be avoiding decision on China currency: analyst
- Vietnam, Switzerland regarded as at risk of manipulator label
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is unlikely to release a much-watched report on international currency manipulation that was due in April until after the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to people familiar with the matter.
The semi-annual report to Congress has been largely written and ready for release since the spring. But Mnuchin’s focus on combating the economic collapse precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic was, at first, the reason it was delayed, the people said.