G20 must step up growth efforts: IMF's Lagarde

Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 20:44

The world`s biggest economies must step up reform efforts to boost growth in line with targets they set last year using a mix of accommodative monetary policy, fiscal policy and structural reforms, the head of the International Monetary Fund said.

G20 vows to boost fragile growth, nudges China on currency

Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 20:32

G20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs on Saturday pledged to act decisively to shore up stuttering global growth and to refrain from unsettling currency moves after China`s controversial devaluation last month.

India pitches for greater mobility of skilled labour at G20

Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 19:57

India on Friday favoured greater mobility of skilled labour besides increased movement of goods and capital arguing that it would help the developed nations which are faced with the problem of ageing population.

G20 says global growth 'short of expectations'

Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 19:54

The G20 group of top world economies on Saturday said that global economic expansion was slower than had been expected but expressed confidence that a recovery would gain momentum.

Global safety nets to check currency, market volatility needed: FM Jaitley

Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 17:41

Jaitley also sought a well-designed and quickly-triggered safety nets under IMF like strengthening of liquidity arrangements via multilateral swap arrangements between member countries.

G20 seeks to lift market mood despite China alarm

Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2015, 14:49

Ministers and central bank chiefs from the world`s top 20 economies sought Saturday to bolster market confidence in the global economy, despite mounting alarm about the fallout from China`s slowdown.

US tells China at G20 to avoid 'competitive devaluation'

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015, 23:53

US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Friday told his Chinese counterpart at a G20 meeting in Ankara to avoid competitive devaluation and improve communication of Beijing`s economic policy.

FM Jaitley promises ease of doing biz, tax reforms

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015, 18:31

The Finance Minister said India has benefited significantly from the decline in global oil prices.

EU calls on G20 to help end debt crisis

Last Updated: Sunday, October 30, 2011, 20:33

Top EU officials on Sunday urged that an upcoming G20 summit address Europe's debt crisis, saying that measures taken at a make-or-break eurozone meeting last week were not enough alone to end the crisis.

China says emerging economies should prevent slowdown

Last Updated: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 23:01

Emerging market economies should adopt flexible, effective measures to prevent economic slowdown while curbing inflation, China said in a statement after a G20 meeting of financial leaders.

US rejects plan to strengthen IMF in euro zone crisis

Last Updated: Saturday, October 15, 2011, 09:00

Proposals to double the size of the IMF as part of a broader international response to Europe's debt crisis ran into resistance from the United States and others, burying the idea for now and putting the onus firmly back on Europe.

Euro zone crisis set to dominate G20 meeting in Paris

Last Updated: Friday, October 14, 2011, 09:01

G20 finance chiefs and central bank heads meet in Paris on Friday urgently needing to find a convincing solution to a deepening euro zone debt crisis that has fanned fears of a global slide into recession.