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Archive: Posts Tagged ‘G-8’

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Move the Financial Stability Board’s Secretariat to Asia

by Nicolas Véron | May 10th, 2012 | 12:01 pm

On the face of it, the financial crisis of 2007-08 has helped rebalance the governance of global financial authorities, partially correcting the prior underrepresentation of emerging economies and of Asia in particular. From November 2008 to April 2009, when the G-7/G-8 was superseded by the G-20, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) was empowered and enlarged [...]

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Speculators ‘R’ Us: The G-8 and Energy Prices

by Simon Johnson | July 10th, 2009 | 12:29 pm

The G-8 summit was obviously disappointing, even for those with low expectations. Usually, the substance is lacking but the public relations are well managed. This year even the messaging was messed up—they said some new things on climate change but not what we were told they could say, the food aid/development package was lamer than [...]

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