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Currency wars

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  • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
    AnalysisEM 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
    AnalysisMarkets
    Aftershocks and fragility: 10 years in financial markets

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

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    AnalysisMarkets
    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

  • Promoted Content
  • 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

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    Markets Briefing
    US stocks suffer worst day of 2019 as trade fears roil markets

    S&P 500 ends 3% lower and bond yields plunge

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    China shows its strength by allowing the renminbi to slide

    The drop through Rmb7 per dollar will have limited economic impact

  • Monday, 5 August, 2019
    Renminbi
    Markets dip after renminbi hits weakest level in 11 years

    China’s central bank blames tariffs for move as Trump hits out at ‘major violation’

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    US Dollar
    Kudlow says US has ‘ruled out’ currency intervention

    Trump concerned others countries are weakening their currencies to boost exports

  • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
    No change to US dollar policy ‘as of now’, says Treasury chief

    Steven Mnuchin says Washington ‘could consider’ a different stance in future

  • Monday, 15 July, 2019
    Analysis
    Trump’s currency war rhetoric persists as Powell prepares to act

    Rate cuts would mitigate the economic impact of the dollar’s strength, says US Fed

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