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- Nikkei vaults to nearly five-year high as yen softens after G20 Mon, Apr 22, 2013
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average climbed to a near five-year high on Monday, with exporters taking the lead as the yen softened broadly after the Group of 20 More »
G20 pledge 'ambitious' steps to spur growth, jobs Sat, Apr 20, 2013Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, chair of the G20, briefs the press following the G20 meeting at the 2013 World Bank/IMF Spring meetings in Washington on More »
- G20 urges EU to complete banking union fast, Germany digs in heels Fri, Apr 19, 2013
By Jan Strupczewski and Gernot Heller WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World financial leaders urged the European Union on Friday to quickly complete its banking union to More »
- IMF, World Bank, G20 meetings in Washington Fri, Apr 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The following are comments on Friday from finance officials in Washington for the semi-annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and More »
G20 backs off austerity drive, rejects hard debt cut targets Fri, Apr 19, 2013By Leika Kihara and Paul Eckert (Reuters) - Finance leaders of the G20 economies on Friday edged away from a long-running drive toward government austerity in rich More »
- G20 pushes tax data exchange, Swiss seen as laggards Fri, Apr 19, 2013
By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies on Friday endorsed automatic exchange of tax data among nations, calling it the More »
- Europe's slow recovery in focus at G20 meetings - U.S. official Fri, Apr 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The need to boost growth in Europe dominated discussions during the Group of 20 meetings of finance ministers and central bankers on Friday, More »
- G20 reaffirms pledge to get budgets under control Fri, Apr 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance leaders from the Group of 20 nations on Friday reaffirmed a pledge that advanced countries will develop fiscal strategies by More »
G20 urges global community to end banking secrecy Fri, Apr 19, 2013A bank teller counts stacks of US dollars and Chinese 100-yuan notes at a bank in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on January 16, 2011. The Group of 20 economic More »
European stocks mostly rise as investors eye G20 Fri, Apr 19, 2013Brokers monitor market movements at BGC Partners in London on August 5, 2011. Europe's main stock markets closed mostly higher on Friday, with London's FTSE 100 More »
- G20 says Japan's expansive policy mustn't be permanent - German finance mi … Fri, Apr 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of 20 leading economies agree that Japan's expansive monetary policy should not be permanent and that Tokyo must also implement More »
European stocks rise as investors eye G20 Fri, Apr 19, 2013Brokers monitor market movements at BGC Partners in London on August 5, 2011. European equities rose Friday, mirroring gains in Asia, before the conclusion of this More »
EU promises less austerity as G20 debates debt Fri, Apr 19, 2013By Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The euro zone will slow its budgetary belt-tightening to help reinvigorate economic growth, a top EU official said on More »
- G20 draft sees FSB role in benchmark reform - sources Thu, Apr 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of 20 economies plan to task the Financial Stability Board with overseeing the reform of financial benchmarks such as Libor, two More »
U.S. keeps up pressure on G20 over forex rates Wed, Apr 17, 2013By Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned his partners in the Group of 20 on Wednesday against the perils of "beggar thy More »
- Russia says G20 plans to agree to new debt cutting targets Wed, Apr 17, 2013
By Anna Yukhananov WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said on Wednesday financial leaders of the world's 20 largest economies More »
Central bank stimulus under the spotlight at IMF, G20 Wed, Apr 17, 2013By Krista Hughes and Lesley Wroughton MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global policymakers will discuss the impact of unprecedented monetary policy easing at More »
Stagnant Europe the class laggard as G20 takes stock Sun, Apr 14, 2013By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent LISBON (Reuters) - After a bungled bailout of Cyprus, the recession-stricken euro zone will stand out for the wrong More »
Exclusive - G20 to consider cutting debt to well below 90 percent of GDP: d … Sat, Apr 13, 2013By Jan Strupczewski DUBLIN (Reuters) - Financial leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies will consider next week in Washington a proposal to cut their public More »
Japan monetary policy likely to win G20 understanding - FX chief Fri, Apr 12, 2013By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's policy of boosting its economy with aggressive monetary stimulus is likely to win the understanding of major More »
ECB's Asmussen: G20's credibility is at risk Fri, Feb 22, 2013BERLIN (Reuters) - The Group of 20's credibility is at risk because it has been primarily equipped to deal with crises and is less effective during normal times, More »
G20 Meets Amid Fears Over Currency Wars Fri, Feb 15, 2013Finance ministers of the G20 nations are meeting in Moscow amid fears of an increased risk of 'currency wars'. More »
Asian shares gain on improving sentiment, G20 eyed Thu, Feb 14, 2013TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on improving risk sentiment while the yen steadied ahead of the weekend meeting of G20 finance and central bank officials, whose More »
G20 Death: Family Condemns 'Whitewash' Mon, Sep 17, 2012The policeman who struck newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson minutes before he died at the G20 protests in London has been thrown out of the force and told he should More »
G20 Death: Officer 'Guilty' Of Gross Misconduct Mon, Sep 17, 2012The police officer cleared of killing a newspaper seller during the G20 protests has been found guilty of gross misconduct by a disciplinary panel. More »
PC Not Guilty Of G20 Protest Death Thu, Jul 19, 2012Pc Simon Harwood, 45, was today cleared at Southwark Crown Court of killing IanTomlinson during the G20 protests. More »
G20 Trial: Tomlinson Family Walk Out Of Court Tue, Jul 3, 2012The family of Ian Tomlinson who died during the G20 protests in London three years ago walked out of court as the police officer accused over his death was More »
G20 Death Trial: Tomlinson 'Was Obstructive' Mon, Jul 2, 2012The policeman accused of manslaughter at the G20 protest has told jurors the man he hit was deliberately obstructing him and his colleagues. More »
European Leaders Pledge To Save Euro At G20 Wed, Jun 20, 2012Euro leaders are set to unveil fresh efforts to save the single currency, after pledging at the G20 to bring down dangerously high government borrowing costs. More »
G20: Pressure On Europe To Ease Eurozone Danger Tue, Jun 19, 2012Pressure is growing on eurozone countries at the G20 summit in Mexico to find a resolution to what the head of one international organisation described as "the More »
G20: Leaders' Showdown After Greek Vote Mon, Jun 18, 2012They may be in the grips of a new depression, watching their bold currency project collapse before their eyes, but if European leaders were hoping for sympathy from More »
- Met wins appeal on G20 kettling tactics Thu, Jan 19, 2012
The Metropolitan Police have won an appeal against a court ruling that kettling tactics employed during the 2009 G20 protests used “unjustified force”. More »
G20 Leaders Short On Detail Over IMF Boost Sat, Nov 5, 2011G20 leaders were "within centimetres" of announcing a "big number" by which to increase the International Monetary Fund's resources, according to senior officials More »
G20 Leaders Consider Boost To IMF Funds Thu, Nov 3, 2011World leaders are negotiating an increase in the International Monetary Fund's resources which could amount to hundreds of billions of dollars.Chancellor George More »
G20 Leaders Should Expect Summit Stalemate Thu, Nov 3, 2011This was supposed to be the deadline. At their last meeting, the G20 leaders gave Europe six weeks to save the euro.This summit should have been about returning More »
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