G-7 Officials Vow to Avoid Devaluing Exchange Rates

Amid fears of a currency war

The world's major industrial nations sought to soothe mounting fears of a currency war with a pledge to avoid devaluing their exchange rates in the pursuit of stronger economic growth.

"We reaffirm that our fiscal and monetary policies have been and will remain oriented towards meeting our respective domestic objectives using domestic instruments, and that we will not target exchange rates," the Group of Seven's finance ministers and central bank governors said in a statement released today in London.