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Trump 'absolutely not' trying to talk down dollar, Treasury's Mnuchin says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By David Milliken
Reuters
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump is "absolutely not" trying to talk down the strength of the dollar, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was quoted as saying in the Financial Times today.

Trump said last week in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the dollar was "getting too strong," and backed away from labelling China a currency manipulator.

Mnuchin had played down that comment on the dollar in an interview first published late on Monday in the FT. In a more detailed version published on Wednesday, he directly rejected the idea that Trump was trying to talk down the dollar, saying, "Absolutely not, absolutely not." ...

... For the remainder of the report:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mnuchin-idUSKBN17L0PF



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Wednesday, March 1, 2017

K92 Mining Inc. is pleased to report that mining production has shown a steady ramp up over the last three months with ore tonnes mined being over 50 percent above budget in January while contained gold ounces were almost 20 percent above budget.

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http://www.k92mining.com/2017/03/k92-provides-operational-update/



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