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Japan MOF Hayashi: Expect G7 To Discuss FX


Thursday February 5, 3:58 am ET

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- The Japanese Finance Ministry's top bureaucrat said Thursday he expected Group of Seven financial officials to discuss currencies within the context of the global economy.

"At the upcoming G7, I expect that there will be discussion on the world economy, individual economies and, within that, on foreign exchange, among various things," Vice Finance Minister Masakazu Hayashi told a regular press conference.

Hayashi said Tokyo would likely reiterate its currency policy stance, namely that foreign exchange volatility is undesirable and Japan will intervene to stem any such volatility caused by speculators.

Rapid currency moves are bad for the Japanese economy as well as the global economy, he added.

His comments come just ahead of a meeting of Group of Seven central bankers and finance ministers in Boca Raton, Florida, this weekend.

Hayashi declined to comment on remarks earlier this week by U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow.

Tuesday, Snow repeated his preference for a strong, market-based U.S. dollar policy, and also discussed the benefits of currency market flexibility.

 

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