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SA's Trevor Manuel to lead G20
South Africa's veteran finance minister, Trevor Manuel, has called on the group of 20 (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors to "build windmills in the calm of current global financial stability."
BOJ chief sees risk assessed rate rises
The Bank of Japan will adjust interest rates gradually while ensuring its policy actions remain supportive of the domestic economy and that growth remains sustainable, BOJ governor Toshihiko Fukui said Sunday 19 November.
EU draft statement calls for limited IMF reform
According to a draft statement, European Union countries are willing to cede only a ``limited'' share of power in the International Monetary Fund to fast-growing emerging economies.
Trichet says IMF representation progressing
European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet has said the process of giving the ECB a higher profile in the IMF is going in the right direction, although he would prefer progress to be quicker.
G-20 statement following meeting in China
Finance ministers and central bank governors from the G-20 industrial and emerging economies issued a statement on Sunday 16 October after their two-day meeting in the city of Xianghe, south of Beijing, China.
China's fin min cautions on yuan moves
Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing on Thursday 13 October rejected demands by the US for faster currency reform, saying China will liberalize the exchange rate in its own time and in line with its own interests.
G20 will include IMF, World Bank reform talks
The agenda for October's meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs will include reform of the IMF and World Bank, deputy finance minister Li Yong told the official Xinhua news agency.
Germany sets G20 meeting for Nov 19-21
Germany said on Tuesday 16 March that it will host a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the G20 group of developed and emerging market economies on 19-21 November in Berlin.
What next for the G20?
The G20's breadth of membership is starting to give it a voice in official discussions of international monetary issues, says Marc Uzan.
Iraq a big factor: Fed's Greenspan at G20
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said at the opening of a meeting of the Group of 20 nations in Mexico that the US economy is heavily influenced by the war in Iraq. according to a report by Reuters.
Bundesbank's Welteke: is US growth sustainable?
Bundesbank President Ernst Welteke said on Sunday 26 October, on the sidelines of the Mexico G20 meeting, that the world economy is in recovery but he questioned whether growth in one of its main drivers, the United States, was sustainable, Reuters…
The Bank of Canada and Financial Stability-Dodge
SPEECH - David Dodge, the governor of the Bank of Canada, gives his second speech since taking over the job about what the central bank is doing to promote financial stability. He emphasises the work of the Group of Twenty, chaired by Canadian finance…
G20 meet in Istanbul, stability discussed
Officials from the Group of 20 (G20) countries which mixes industrialised and emerging market countries met in Istanbul on Feb 18, 2001 to discuss promoting international financial stability and avoiding crisis. Turkish Treasury Undersecretary Selcuk…
G20 cbank deputies meet in Istanbul Feb 18-19
The meeting of G-20 international group of Deputy Finance Ministers and Central Bank Deputy Governors will be held in Istanbul between February 18-19, 2001. Treasury Undersecreatriat said on Feb. 9 that the meeting aimed to prepare the ground for the…