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"Although risks remain, the global economy is having its strongest sustained expansion in more than 30 years and is becoming more balanced, " the central bank presidents and finance ministers said in a joint statement.
BBC: NEWS | Business | G7 ministers confident on growth
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In overnight news, it was reported Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the Euro zone finance ministers, said the EU and ECB will soon take steps to eliminate the potential for a spreading debt contagion in the European Union.
FORBES: Comex Gold Trading Near Steady on Chart Consolidation; Central Bank Meetings Loom
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"We commit to continue working together to stabilize financial markets and restore the flow of credit, to support economic growth, " G-7 finance ministers and central bankers said in a joint statement Friday evening.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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" The recent consensus by finance ministers from the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations to refrain from currency manipulation, she said, was an "important signal.
WSJ: German Leader Calls Euro Rate 'Normal,' Warns on Currency Manipulation
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"The shocking pre-meditated assault on the chief minister, the finance minister and other senior ministers of West Bengal in the national capital is an extremely unfortunate incident, " the governor said in a statement.
BBC: India
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The Interior and Finance ministers are among 10 being replaced, state news said on Saturday.
CNN: Egypt to reshuffle 10 Cabinet ministries, state news says
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Finance Ministers and Central Bankers from members states within the Group of 20 said Saturday they saw no imminent threat of a recession as the European debt crisis unfolds.
FORBES: G20 Says No Threat Of Recession Yet
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Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said on Wednesday that the three economy ministers and BOJ governor had "decided on a policy aimed at boosting the stock market".
BBC: Nikkei soars ahead of deflation plan
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"Respect your partners or you will be swept away by the Arab Spring and become a thing of the past, " said Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi, one of the boycotting Iraqiya ministers, criticizing Mr. Maliki in a news conference on Sunday in Salahuddin, the first Sunni-dominated province to declare its bid for semiautonomy in October.
WSJ: Iraq Crisis Grows With New Threat