Despite healthy global economy, ministers still face tricky issues
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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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One week before the elections, the national economy remains stuck in a fragile and sluggish recovery.
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Poverty in Africa, global economic growth and revaluation of China's currency were the issues expected to dominate a two-day meeting of top G7 finance ministers.
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Finance ministers raised the prospect   on Sunday of a breakthrough in stalled world trade talks but   failed to bridge differences over plans to give emerging   economies more say in how the International Monetary Fund is   run.
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Tight oil supplies could leave the  global economy worryingly vulnerable for years to come, a  senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday.
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The Treasury secretary said that turmoil in the worldâs financial markets could continue for some time, but he cautioned against hasty introduction of new regulations.
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Tight oil supplies could leave the global economy worryingly vulnerable for years to come, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday.
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The world's finance ministers and central bankers are paid to be careful souls. Even in the inner sanctum of the International Monetary Fund's annual meetings, many of them read their statements to each other ...
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MARK COLVIN: It&#39;s been a day of records on the economic front, but they&#39;re not the sort of achievements the Federal Government likes to trumpet.
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The global economy faces a period of uncertainty, with risks to continued growth much higher than they were six months ago, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Monday.
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Business & money: Outspoken minister says America 'stuck in past'
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High oil prices, a stagnant labor market -- and the lack of a more forceful response from the Bush campaign -- have sparked worry among White House allies that the administration's economic team has been too content cheerleading instead of setting more detailed plans for a second term.
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= Ministers from nations facing the Pacific Ocean discussed stronger economic ties and the elimination of trade barriers against a backdrop of street clashes between anti-globalisation protesters and Chilean police.
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The problems also greatly increased uncertainty about the economyâs outlook, prompting Fed policymakers to keep their options open about their next move, meeting minutes show.
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While the market in Central and South America is growing faster than the U.S., Asia, and most of Europe, it still faces some challenges that need to be overcome.
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Worries about government actions to cool economic growth reverberate around the globe.
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The IMF, World Bank and G7 finance ministers will say that the world economy has a vibrant heartbeat when they meet next week in Singapore, but tremors are present in the form of slowing US growth and high oil prices.