Finance officials outline goals for world economy
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Key points made by the steering committee of the International Monetary Fund in its communique on Saturday. * All countries should take advantage of the global economic recovery to address economic problems.
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The world economy is sound, although financial markets may remain ragged for some time, and China must let its currency rise faster to rebalance global growth, finance officials from rich nations said on Friday.
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) yesterday offered an optimistic assessment of prospects for the world&#39;s leading industrialised economies.
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The world's top finance officials on Friday asked oil-producing nations to step up output and agreed it was crucial to work out exactly why prices have soared to levels that threaten global growth.
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The global economy is healthy and no major financial crises loom. Yet finance ministers meeting this week must confront uncertainties about the fight against terrorism, rising interest rates and volatile oil prices.
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WASHINGTON - The world's major economic powers were far apart Saturday on agreeing how to provide debt relief for Iraq and the poorest nations, as finance officials began broader discussions about the global economy.    Treasury Secretary John Snow and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan led the U.S...
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Less than a decade ago, economists at the International Monetary Fund were jetting into the capitals of countries stricken by financial crises, patching together rescue plans aimed at staving off global economic chaos.
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Finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 countries (G20) kicked off a two-day meeting here Saturday to assess the current economic situation and global growth prospects.
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Finance chiefs from the biggest  developing economies on Saturday pushed the Group of Seven (G7)  industrialized nations for a seat at the high table of global  economic policy making.
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WASHINGTON - The global economy is healthy and no major financial crises loom. Yet finance ministers meeting this week must confront uncertainties about the fight against terrorism, rising interest rates and volatile oil prices...
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The World Bank, aligned with other global financial institutions dominated by rich nations that promote free trade, is advising poor nations that have already signed agreements to open up for more trade on &quot;all fronts.
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Finance leaders from the world's richest  nations pledged on Saturday to work together to stabilize world  financial markets shaken by the U.S. housing debacle that is  puncturing global economic growth.
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A meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the world&#39;s wealthy nations with Chinese counterparts on Oct. 1 will be a key opportunity to discuss
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Central bankers, joined by  commercial counterparts and financial regulators from around  the globe, on Sunday discussed ways to ensure smooth economic  growth amid worries over widening U.S. deficits.
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Global finance chiefs on Saturday called for a more broad-based effort to calm financial markets, including tighter scrutiny by the International Monetary Fund and other institutions of increasingly powerful state-owned investment funds.
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With global economic growth waning and a credit crunch threatening, finance chiefs from rich nations were gathering on Friday to mull how to control strains in financial markets and keep expansion going.
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BERLIN: Finance ministers and central bank governors from the 20 biggest economies were meeting in Berlin on Saturday on the global economic outlook, denying they would focus on a slide in the dollarâs exchange rate.