G-20 Finance Chiefs to Work Out Europe’s Debt Crisis
The G20 finance ministers have recently gathered in Paris to work out a solution to Europe’s debt crisis. The meeting was held in preparation for a Nov. 3- 4 summit of leaders in Cannes, France.
The G20 or Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 major economies: 19 countries plus the European Union, which is represented by the President of the European Council and by the European Central Bank. It was established in 1999, in the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, to bring together major advanced and emerging economies to stabilize the global financial market. Since its inception, the G20 has held annual Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meetings and discussed measures to promote the financial stability of the world and to achieve a sustainable economic growth and development. Currently, France chairs the Group of Twenty (2011).
The 2-day meeting of the G20 discussed a five-point plan agenda of how to save Greece from bankruptcy, bolster the European Financial Stability Facility rescue fund, find fresh capital for banks, and create a new push to boost competitiveness and consideration of European treaty amendments to tighten economic management.
Discussions on whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should increase the funding as part of a broader response to the current situation was also part of the agenda. The IMF— the world’s lender of last resort for cash-strapped countries — has until now funded about a third of the cost of the bailouts of Greece, Ireland and Portugal.
Some discord among G-20 officials occurred as rich nations including the United States argued that Europe has still more than enough money to spend its way out of the crisis and has questioned proposals regarding expanding the resources of the International Monetary Fund to help it contain Europe’s woes while others were pushing for more support as the currency union’s debt troubles risk dragging the world economy back into recession.
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Source/Reference: WATODAY.COM.AU
