Japanese Finance Minister Katayama confirms she spoke with US Treasury Secretary Bessent on Monday as a follow-up to the G7 summit, says Japan-US has pre-existing agreement on taking decisive steps and there is no change to that

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Japanese Finance Minister Katayama confirms she spoke with US Treasury Secretary Bessent on Monday as a follow-up to the G7 summit, says Japan-US has pre-existing agreement on taking decisive steps and there is no change to that

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Discussed global financial markets and impacts from the Iran conflict.
Reaffirmed coordination with Bessent.
Had good discussions regarding global economic matters.
Meeting took almost an hour.
No comment about FX levels.

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