US Treasury’s Brainard: G-20 Must Avoid Devaluations

The Group of 20 nations must avoid currency devaluations aimed at increasing competitiveness and promote more transparency in exchange rates, the U.S. Treasury Department’s top international official said.

“The G-20 needs to deliver on the commitment to move to market-determined exchange rates and refrain from competitive devaluation,” Lael Brainard, the Treasury’s undersecretary for international affairs, said at a news conference in Washington today. Brainard said “global growth is weak and vulnerable to the downside,” and strengthening demand must be a top priority for G-20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting in Moscow Feb. 15-16.

Brainard also said she supports the effort in Japan to end deflation and “reinvigorate growth. It will be important that structural reforms accompany macroeconomic policies to achieve these goals.”

Bloomberg

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