US Treasury Secretary Yellen: Hopes to travel to China, wants to reestablish contact, discuss disagreements
|“US will continue to take actions to protect national security interests with regards to China even if that imposes some economic cost,” said US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during her interview with MSNBC early Thursday morning in Asia.
Additional comments
US will address supply chain risks, in areas such as electric vehicles, minerals and solar panels.
Inflation now down to about 5%, but ‘remains too high’.
Treasury monitoring commercial real estate sector very closely.
Expects some losses to banks from changes in commercial real estate.
Market reaction
The news offers an additional reason for the AUD/USD pair to decline further, down 0.03% intraday as bears attack the 0.6600 mark after falling the most on a day since March.
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