Sayo Ayodele

The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors met last week in Washington, D.C., alongside the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, and released a communiqué detailing the outcomes. The G20 reiterated that their main objective is to “improve the living standards of all our citizens through strong economic and jobs growth.” Maintaining a focus on reducing global financial imbalances from the 2010 Seoul Summit, the ministers and governors also agreed to a set of guidelines and indicators that would standardize how countries are managing balance sheets.

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