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G-20 finance chiefs to keep past currency pledges
Kyodo News, Published on 18/03/2017
» BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY - Group of 20 finance chiefs will reiterate existing pledges on currencies, including commitments to avoid competitive devaluations, at the urging of Japan and the US, a G-20 source said Saturday, as they prepare to wrap up a two-day meeting and issue a communique.
MUFG to launch virtual currency service
Kyodo News, Published on 03/01/2017
» TOKYO - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc will issue a virtual currency in the fiscal year through March 2018 to provide a money transfer service at lower fees, becoming the first major Japanese banking group to launch such a business, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
BoJ's latest steps may indicate limits of easing
Published on 19/12/2015
» TOKYO — Additional steps announced by the Bank of Japan on Friday may indicate the limitations of its drastic monetary easing policy that has yet to achieve the central bank's 2% inflation target.
China president vows not to lower currency further
Published on 26/09/2015
» WASHINGTON — Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to avoid further lowering the value of the yuan against the dollar, President Barack Obama said Friday.