Where the currency manipulator label while it is in part symbolic it can actually open doors for very real consequences by doesnt it country as a currency manipulator it opens the doors for trump to set more formal punishment higher carrots and tougher sanctions now while it seems that the risk of a full blown currency wars are now at diminished both economies have been ravaged by the ongoing trade war so i after all the dust settles who is in better shape now lets take a look at this this shows the 4 major Central Banks the e. C. B. The bank of japan the peoples bank of china and the fed over in red and their total assets so what do you notice here this is a really interesting trend right now because all of the worlds Central Banks are kind of converging together and coming together at a very similar valuation up here but then theres the one the fed thats actually breaking the trend here everyone else has come to equal stands at about 5. 2 trillion in assets but the fed has been on au