日米、財務相会談を開催へ　急激な円安めぐり議論

　【ワシントン時事】米財務省は１８日、イエレン財務長官が、２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）や先進７カ国（Ｇ７）の財務相・中央銀行総裁会議に出席するためワシントンを訪れる鈴木俊一財務相と会談すると発表した。ウクライナ情勢のほか、円相場が１ドル＝１２７円台と約２０年ぶりの安値水準に下落する中、急激な為替変動が経済に与える悪影響についても議論する見通しだ。
　鈴木財務相は日本時間１９日午前の閣議後記者会見で、急激な円安への対応に関し「Ｇ７などで合意された考え方に基づき、米国などとの金融当局と緊密な意思疎通を図りながら、適切に対応しなければならない」と述べた。（2022/04/19-12:18）

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will hold talks with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki on the sidelines of key international meetings in Washington later this week, the U.S. Treasury Department said Monday.
   Suzuki will visit Washington to attend meetings of finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven industrialized countries and the Group of 20 advanced and developing economies, both of which will be held in Washington on Wednesday.
   Yellen and Suzuki are expected to discuss the situation involving Ukraine and adverse effects of rapid fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, at a time when the dollar is hitting 20-year highs against the yen.
   "We must take appropriate action (in response to the yen's rapid weakening) while closely communicating with financial authorities of the United States and others based on G-7 and other agreements," Suzuki told a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
   Separately, Suzuki told a meeting of the Committee on Financial Affairs of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan's parliament, that he hopes to hold bilateral talks with his counterpart from Ukraine during his Washington visit.