Global Financial Crisis – The Road to the Pittsburgh Summit

It may surprise readers to learn that this World Economic Outlook sees global economic risks as having declined since our last issue in September 2006. Certainly this is at odds with many recent newspaper headlines and commentary, which have focused on...

Global financial crisis and currency war

As one of the founders of the Bretton Woods institutions, Harry Dexter White once commented: “Currency warfare is the most destructive form of economic warfare. Economic warfare eventually brings war”. The world is approaching its first “lost...

G-20 rallies to be hijacked by anarchists

Police fear the rallies will be hijacked by anarchists intent on sparking violence and riots Share

France threatens to walk out of G-20 summit

Just days before the leaders of the G-20 are to meet in London to Share

Developing countries need $1 trillion to weather the financial crisis

At least $1 trillion is needed to help developing countries get through the global financial crisis Share

EU presidency: US stimulus is “the road to hell”

Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek, has labelled the US fiscal stimulus package Share

G-20 get together to tackle global crisis

Finance ministers and central bankers from the 20 countries making up the G-20 have completed a two-day gathering in Britain to discuss the global financial crisis. Share

So how did the G-20 summit go over the weekend?

The G-20 summit this weekend has received all kinds of reviews over the past few days. So what exactly is the G-20? As stated on the G-20′s website: “The members of the G-20 are the finance ministers and central bank governors of Share