Draghi strongly criticises US statements on dollar

ECB president calls for US to keep “implicit agreement” on avoiding competitive devaluations

Mario Draghi of the European Central Bank
Mario Draghi

Mario Draghi has strongly criticised recent statements on the dollar by US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, saying they risk discarding an implicit international agreement not to engage in “competitive devaluations”.

The European Central Bank president’s remarks came during a press conference following the monetary policy meeting of the institution’s governing council today (January 25). The council voted to keep the ECB’s monetary policy instruments and quantitative easing programmes at

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