The G20 summit in Seoul will not produce a comprehensive global agreement along the lines of the 1985 Plaza Accord.

ECONOMIST: Currency wars

The biggest impact will come from the Basel 3 capital requirements, which could be finalised at next month's G20 summit in Seoul.

ECONOMIST: Why the industry��s best days may be behind it

Currency pressures will be a big theme of the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank this week and of November's G20 summit in Seoul.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

In the run-up to the G20 summit in Seoul, Lula's finance minister, Guido Mantega, told journalists that Ms Rousseff "wants to work with lower interest rates" - a move that puts her at odds with Mr Meirelles' avowed strategy of using rate rises as "the basic instrument" to control inflation.

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