US Treasury Sec. Mnuchin: Dollar comments were just a statement of fact - DJ

Referring to his comments made earlier this week, endorsing a 'weak dollar', the US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is out with some comments, via Dow Jones, saying that the comments were just a statement of fact and were not intended to violate G20 commitment.

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   •  Short-term direction not a concern of mine one way or another
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