6 June 2001, 09:32 Japan's MOF Shiokawa sticks foot in mouth with yen comment
Tokyo, June 6 (BridgeNews) - Japanese Finance Minister Masajuro
Shiokawa confused currency traders by telling AFX news agency that he
hopes the dollar/yen climbs to 121, but after being prodded by his
secretary later completely denied having made the comments. AFX news
reported Shiokawa to have said, "It would be nice if it went to 121,"
speaking when the dollar/yen was at the 120 level.
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