Forex Flash: Currency Wars distracting from more important issues – BBH

Brown Brothers Harriman analysts note that with currency war talk distracting investors and policy makers from the more serious and significant issues at hand, the G7 issued a statement today reiterating its "long standing commitment" to market determined foreign exchange rates.

They feel that fiscal and monetary policy is directed to domestic policy objectives and not a foreign exchange target, but at the same time, they recognise that excess volatility can generate disorderly markets, which in turn, may have a negative feedback on the economies and financial market stability.