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ASEAN finance leaders end meetings in Laos, pointing to challenges from geopolitics, volatile prices
8 months, 2 weeks ago

ASEAN finance leaders end meetings in Laos, pointing to challenges from geopolitics, volatile prices

Associated Press  

LUANG PRABANG, Laos — Southeast Asian economies are gaining ground as tourism and exports recover from the shocks of the pandemic, but geopolitical tensions and volatile commodity prices still pose serious risks, regional financial leaders said Friday. “Nevertheless, there are still challenges due to adverse financial spillovers from geopolitical tensions, volatility in global commodity prices,” Phomvihane said, also pointing to …

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G20 finance leaders adopt roadmap on crypto assets
1 year, 2 months ago

G20 finance leaders adopt roadmap on crypto assets

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 nations on Friday adopted a roadmap for regulating crypto assets proposed by the Financial Stability Board and the International Monetary Fund at their meeting at Marrakesh in Morocco. The ministers and central bank governors also decided in their joint communique to take forward key proposals from the New Delhi Leaders …

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G7 finance leaders pledge financial stability, supply chain diversity
1 year, 8 months ago

G7 finance leaders pledge financial stability, supply chain diversity

Live Mint  

G7 finance leaders pledged on Wednesday to take action to maintain the stability of the global financial system after recent banking turmoil and to give low- and middle-income countries a bigger role in diversifying supply chains to make them more resilient. "We commit to jointly empowering low- and middle-income countries to play bigger roles in supply chains through mutually beneficial …

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G20 finance leaders meet in Bali as Ukraine, inflation top agenda
2 years, 5 months ago

G20 finance leaders meet in Bali as Ukraine, inflation top agenda

Al Jazeera  

Host Indonesia hopes meeting can serve as forum for dialogue between Russia and Ukraine. Medan, Indonesia – The third G20 finance leaders and central bank governors meeting kicks off on the Indonesian island of Bali on Friday against the turbulent backdrop of war in Ukraine, soaring inflation and global food shortages. “The humanitarian consequences for the world, and especially for …

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urges world finance leaders to fight food insecurity
2 years, 8 months ago

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urges world finance leaders to fight food insecurity

LA Times  

A warehouse stores wheat in western Ukraine. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen urged world finance leaders Tuesday to “get concrete” as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the globe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has made even worse. “This threat touches the most vulnerable people the hardest — families that are already spending …

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