BOJ Kuroda: Fed/other central banks will normalize mon. policy if economies in good shape

• The Fed or other central bank will undoubtedly normalize monetary policy if their economies are in good shape and they achieve their price targets
• Don’t think central-bank policy normalization will have direct negative impact on global growth
• G 20 has continued to say central banks must be mindful of impact their policies could have on emerging markets

Meanwhile France’s LeMaire has added:

• Growth is back, recovery solid
• France is determined on structural reforms
• tariffs not the right way to deal with steel overcapacity
• EU expects full exemption from US metal tariffs
• Protectionism may jeopardize economic recovery
• France, EU to present fair tax rules for digital companies
• Europe won’t agree to conditions for US exemptions