Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Home
Business
Business Home
Economy
Technology
Media
Small Business
Legal
Deals
Earnings
Social Pulse
Business Video
The Freeland File
Aerospace & Defense
Markets
Markets Home
U.S. Markets
European Markets
Asian Markets
Global Market Data
Indices
M&A
Stocks
Bonds
Currencies
Commodities
Futures
Funds
peHUB
World
World Home
U.S.
Brazil
China
Euro Zone
Japan
Mexico
Russia
India Insight
World Video
Reuters Investigates
Decoder
Politics
Politics Home
Election 2012
Campaign Polling
Supreme Court
Politics Video
Tech
Technology Home
MediaFile
Science
Tech Video
Tech Tonic
Social Pulse
Opinion
Opinion Home
Chrystia Freeland
John Lloyd
Felix Salmon
Jack Shafer
David Rohde
Nader Mousavizadeh
Lucy P. Marcus
David Cay Johnston
Bethany McLean
Anatole Kaletsky
Reihan Salam
Edward Hadas
Hugo Dixon
Ian Bremmer
Lawrence Summers
Susan Glasser
The Great Debate
Steven Brill
Jack & Suzy Welch
Frederick Kempe
Christopher Papagianis
Mark Leonard
Breakingviews
Equities
Credit
Private Equity
M&A
Macro & Markets
Politics
Breakingviews Video
Money
Money Home
Tax Break
Lipper Awards 2012
Global Investing
MuniLand
Unstructured Finance
Linda Stern
Mark Miller
John Wasik
James Saft
Analyst Research
Alerts
Watchlist
Portfolio
Stock Screener
Fund Screener
Personal Finance Video
Money Clip
Investing 201
Life
Health
Sports
Arts
Faithworld
Business Traveler
Entertainment
Oddly Enough
Lifestyle Video
Pictures
Pictures Home
Reuters Photographers
Full Focus
Video
Reuters TV
Reuters News
Article
Comments (0)
Full Focus
Editor's choice
Our best photos from the last 24 hours. Full Article
Images of August
Follow Reuters
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
YouTube
Read
Foxconn China plant closed after 2,000 riot
4:13pm EDT
Toyota drops plan for widespread sales of electric car
6:09am EDT
In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"
4:35pm EDT
Iran could launch pre-emptive Israel strike-commander
23 Sep 2012
Analysis: For Romney, some troubling signs among older voters
1:36am EDT
Discussed
276
New video shows Romney saying Palestinians don’t want peace
112
Egypt Salafi urges U.N. to criminalize contempt of Islam
94
Romney paid $1.9 million in taxes in 2011: campaign
Sponsored Links
Pictures
Reuters Photojournalism
Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography. See more | Photo caption
Communism school
A look inside China's Communist leadership academy. Slideshow
Disputed islands
Protests break out over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Slideshow
G20 aides say central banks' fix not enough - Mexico
Tweet
Share this
Email
Print
Related News
G20 urges more trade to counter price volatility - Mexico
3:49pm EDT
Analysis & Opinion
This week in EM, expect more doves
Federal Reserve running out of taboos to break
Related Topics
World »
By Krista Hughes and Louise Egan
MEXICO CITY |
Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:22pm EDT
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Group of 20 nations want governments to do more to augment central bank actions to reverse a global economic downturn, officials said on Monday.
Deputy finance ministers and central bankers of the G20, which comprises wealthy nations and leading emerging economies, held two days of meetings in Mexico City on Sunday and Monday ahead of a summit in November.
Mexican Deputy Finance Minister Gerardo Rodriguez said new measures to boost fragile economies from the Bank of Japan, the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank have helped to calm markets but were not enough.
"There's worry about the (economic) environment and there's a conviction that monetary policy by itself is not sufficient," Rodriguez told Reuters on the sidelines of the meeting, which he co-chaired.
Mexican central bank board member Manuel Ramos said the extra stimulus did not cancel out downside risks from the euro zone debt crisis, impending fiscal tightening in the United States and slowing growth in emerging markets.
"It tempers the risks and at least provides some time so that ... the causes of the problem can be tackled," he told a news conference.
Rodriguez said emerging market economies had not made a big issue of a possible revival of the "currency wars" which followed previous rounds of stimulus when countries tried to avoid a flood of cheap money pushing up their currencies.
"I haven't felt that during the meetings," Rodriguez said.
"It's good because the decisions of the ECB and the Fed have helped the stability of markets, but we need more government action."
Promises made at a June G20 leaders meeting to boost demand, support growth and cut unemployment might need to be implemented more quickly given the deteriorating outlook, he said.
RESIGNED REACTION
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth forecasts for major developed economies this month and the International Monetary Fund warned it was set to scale back expectations for global growth too.
OECD Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan, who attended a seminar about the world economy before the G20 gathering, said the outlook was clearly worse since the leaders' summit.
"The U.S. is weaker, the emerging economies are visibly weaker and the euro area crisis has not improved so far," he said in an interview on Friday.
Before the meeting, Brazil vowed it would not let its real currency appreciate as a result of aggressive monetary stimulus in advanced economies, but G20 delegates who spoke on condition of anonymity said other emerging economies did not raise similar concerns.
"There was an almost resigned reaction to the monetary easing - on the basis that other measures that should have been taken were not, so it was up to the central banks to do something," one G20 official at the meeting said.
"There is a perception that the spill-over effects should be smaller than the last time."
Unlike the last time the Fed undertook a round of stimulus in late 2010 and early 2011, some emerging market currencies, including China's yuan and Russia's rouble are depreciating.
Brazil has also cut rates to a record low of 7.5 percent in contrast to the 10.75 percent benchmark rate it had in late 2010, making the country less attractive as an investment destination and less likely to be the target of speculative flows.
Mexico's Rodriguez said countries had agreed that improved trade flows and more transparency in markets could help tackle high food and commodity prices, which have pushed up inflation in many countries.
Turning to the subject of International Monetary Fund quota reform, Rodriguez said there was consensus that emerging economies needed to have a bigger voice in the fund.
There was also widespread agreement that gross domestic product should play a bigger role in how emerging markets are represented in the IMF, he noted.
(Additional reporting by Alonso Soto in Brasilia; Editing by Kenneth Barry and James Dalgleish)
World
Tweet this
Link this
Share this
Digg this
Email
Reprints
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/
Comments (0)
Be the first to comment on reuters.com.
Add yours using the box above.
Edition:
U.S.
Africa
Arabic
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Italy
Japan
Latin America
Mexico
Russia
Spain
United Kingdom
Back to top
Reuters.com
Business
Markets
World
Politics
Technology
Opinion
Money
Pictures
Videos
Site Index
Legal
Bankruptcy Law
California Legal
New York Legal
Securities Law
Support & Contact
Support
Corrections
Connect with Reuters
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
RSS
Podcast
Newsletters
Mobile
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
AdChoices
Copyright
Our Flagship financial information platform incorporating Reuters Insider
An ultra-low latency infrastructure for electronic trading and data distribution
A connected approach to governance, risk and compliance
Our next generation legal research platform
Our global tax workstation
Thomsonreuters.com
About Thomson Reuters
Investor Relations
Careers
Contact Us
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.