Japan PM Ishiba:
- Japan is not pursuing a so-called currency devaluation policy
- Have had no phone call from Trump regarding FX policy
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ICYMI over the past decade or so, Japanese authorities say super-loose monetary policy is in order to combat deflation and low inflation, the weak yen is just a side effect. Indeed, Japan has explained this time and again tothier G7 partners and none of them have publicly disagreed, including the US.
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