WASHINGTON (MNI) – The following statement was issued by the
Treasury Department late Friday:

TREASURY DEPARTMENT STATEMENT REGARDING
DECISION TO DELAY SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES

Treasury today announced that it will delay publication of the
semi-annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange
Rate Policies of our major trading partners so that progress may be
assessed following several upcoming international meetings: the G-20
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting April 19-20; the
spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
April 20-21; and the upcoming U.S.-China Strategic and Economic
Dialogue.

Treasury last published the semi-annual Report December 27, 2011.

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