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Japan’s Finance Minister Says the Selloff’s Not as Simple as Trump Says

Taro AsoPhotographer: Takaaki Iwabu/Bloomberg
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The market sell-off can’t just be blamed on the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates, said Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso.

While U.S. President Donald Trump said the Fed caused the market rout, Aso said it’s more complicated.