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U.S. Backs Off in Currency Dispute with China

The U.S. Treasury Department has postponed its announcement on whether China is a currency manipulator. From Reuters: The Obama administration backed away on Friday from a showdown with Beijing over the value of China’s currency that would have caused new frictions between the world’s only superpower and its largest creditor. The Treasury Department delayed a much-anticipated decisio