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Currency wars

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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Renminbi
    China’s currency heads into Biden era on front foot

    Renminbi’s future strength depends on cooling of US trade tensions and health of dollar

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    US declares Switzerland and Vietnam currency manipulators

    Treasury move in final days of Trump administration will present dilemma for new president

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Melvyn Krauss
    Change intra-EU trade to counter US currency aggression

    There is a way to protect the bloc from beggar-my-neighbour policies

  • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
    Trade Secrets
    US probe into Vietnamese currency masks Trump’s real trade target Premium

    Move appears to be attack on companies that insist on using low-cost Asian labour and manufacturing

  • Saturday, 3 October, 2020
    US launches currency manipulation inquiry against Vietnam

    Probe could result in tariffs being imposed on imports from Asian country

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    ETF HubMansoor Mohi-uddin
    Renminbi strength foretells dollar’s decline

    Sharp rebound in China’s currency a clear warning the greenback is likely to weaken

  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    News in-depthEM Squared
    Asian states avoid currency manipulator tag after odd timing of US Treasury report Premium

    Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan cleared despite credible evidence to the contrary

  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
    US-China trade dispute
    US lifts China ‘currency manipulator’ tag ahead of trade deal

    Reversal of Trump’s controversial move last year ends major source of irritation for Beijing

  • Monday, 30 December, 2019
    News in-depthMarkets
    Aftershocks and fragility: 10 years in financial markets

    How the crisis of 2008 continued to reverberate through the following decade

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    News in-depthMarkets
    The big market moments of 2019

    The year was dominated by central bankers, politicians and companies with grand ideas

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    FT SeriesEurope First: the race to compete
    Europe First: taking on the dominance of the dollar

    EU leaders believe the euro needs to play a larger role in order to compete against the US and China

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Markets InsightSteve Johnson
    The IMF supertanker may be changing course

    Policymakers seem to be warming to capital controls to avoid stagnation spreading

  • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
    Megan Greene
    A currency war Trump was never going to win

    The US cannot unilaterally weaken the dollar

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
    Liu Guoqiang
    Currency manipulation charges against China are unfounded

    Trade tensions with the US have inevitably put the renminbi under pressure

  • Monday, 12 August, 2019
    FT Swamp Notes
    Summer of fear

    The fallout from the US-China trade war could lead to an economic chill

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    FT CollectionsUS-China trade dispute
    Threat of a currency war

    China lets renminbi slide below Rmb7 to $1 and is called a currency manipulator by US

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    James Ferguson
    Ferguson’s illustration of the week: Currency wars

    Renminbi’s fall stokes US ire

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    Eswar Prasad
    There will be no winners in a currency war 

    Devaluation may seem tempting, but it helps neither China nor the US 

  • Thursday, 8 August, 2019
    Capital markets
    Investors dump risky assets as trade war flares

    Junk bond and equity funds have suffered their biggest outflows of the year

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    China’s economy faces currency devaluation drag

    Political choices about value of renminbi tempered by consequences for growth

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    Market Forces
    Awaiting the next move Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    US Dollar
    US has few tools to weaken the dollar

    Announcing the end of the strong dollar policy is easier than actually ending it

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    US-China trade dispute
    US Treasury labels China a currency manipulator

    Decision comes after Beijing let renminbi fall through key level

  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2019
    China
    Renminbi holds ground after US labels China currency manipulator

    Beijing has pledged to ensure currency’s stability after letting it weaken

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    Market Forces
    Escalation heightens the pain Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

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