U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato reaffirmed in a joint statement their basic commitment to let markets determine currency exchange rates and not to target them for a competitive advantage.
"They reconfirmed their recognition of the G7 commitment that fiscal and monetary policies will remain oriented towards meeting respective domestic objectives using domestic instruments and will not target exchange rates for competitive purposes,” according to the statement detailing talks between the two finance chiefs.
The two chiefs still left scope for intervention in certain circumstances in line with previous statements, saying that it should be reserved for dealing with excess volatility or disorderly movements in the currency market. The release added that the two chiefs will continue to discuss macroeconomic and currency matters going forward.
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