Group Of Twenty - Economic Meltdowns

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World leaders want banks and financial firms to pay up for government interventions -- past and future -- to stabilize the international financial system.TRANSACTIONS TAX Some countries like Germany have called for a financial transactions tax, sometimes dubbed a ...

The World Economic Forum's annual meeting has kicked off in earnest. What is clear that regulation will need to be as cross-border and connected as the industry it is regulating, but that finding even a common set of standards that can still ...

As the global economic recovery attains a more solid footing, 2010 will, at best, see a normalization and, at worst, a severe tightening in government financing conditions. Long-term interest rates may increase more rapidly than expected because of an over-reaction to economic ...

These two new books re-introduce John Maynard Keynes to current policy makers dealing with the failure of de-regulated financial markets. They also introduce Keynes to a new generation and provide excellent background information on how Keynes' legacy is being re-applied in today's ...

The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a " "An overarching risk is that the recovery stalls" owing to early exits from record-low interest rates and massive state cash injections, the IMF said in ...

It is too early for policymakers globally to begin withdrawing large stimulus packages as revival from the crisis is not over yet, but Gulf Arab economies should recover faster than others, central bankers said on Sunday. 'Regarding the developing states and the ...

Obama says world leaders united and confident after bringing economy out of crisisWorld leaders on Friday issued sweeping promises to fix a malfunctioning global economic system in hopes of heading off future financial meltdowns. " Yet the U.S. economy alone has lost ...

World leaders focus on limiting bankers' pay, looking for ways to avoid new economic meltdownTurning from outright fear to cautious optimism, world leaders descended on the comeback city of Pittsburgh Thursday to debate how to nurture a recovering but still-wobbly global economy. ...

Protesters called on global leaders to do more to create jobs for the growing number of unemployed in the United States and globally at a peaceful march in Pittsburgh on Sunday. Leaders of 19 leading developed and developing economies and the European ...

Finance ministers from the world's leading economies have agreed to keep exceptional anti-recession measures in place for the time being.. But European proposals for a cap on bonuses in the financial sector look set to be kicked into the long grass, after ...

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Topic: Group Of Twenty

Bank tax idea gains traction, still ill-defined

All Global Financial Regulation Is Local

Moody's: A Turbulent Year Ahead for Sovereign Debt Issuers

Review of Keynes: 'The Return of the Master' and 'The Keynes Solution'

IMF says stimulus needed to aid 'nascent' recovery

WRAPUP 2-Gulf economies to recover quicker, stimulus to stay

Obama: G20 brought economy back from brink

G-20 leaders focus on global recovery, banker pay

UPDATE 1-Pittsburgh protesters demand G20 do more for jobs

Leaders agree to stimulus packages

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