G20 Sherpa meetings proceeding

G20 News is reporting progress at the March Sherpa meetings at the G20. During the second day of sherpa meetings in Australia leading up to the November Brisbane Summit and the June meetings, the building of an Action Plan agenda for November is under way. Policies from the February Communique include, 2% growth targets, anti […]

China and United States relations to strengthen

China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama said they agreed to deepen their commitments to bi-lateral cooperation economically and on other substantive issues. The world’s number one economy and the globes second largest economy met at The Hague in the Netherlands. China is very close to overtaking the US in GDP in PPP(purchasing […]

G20 News to report from the UN

G20 News is proud to announce that its new home will be at the august building of the UN, United Nations Security Council building. G20 News will be in full working mode starting Wednesday March 19th. The United Nations represents what is best in all of us. The UN epitomizes international relationships, delegates, staff, the […]

Madagascar to meet with World Bank and IMF

Reporting from the UN – The newly elected President of Madagascar was introduced at the United Nations along with his delegation, His Excellency Hery Rakotoarimanana Rajaonarimampianina. In a press conference the President outlined his wishes for a prosperous Madagascar. President Pianina stressed the possibility of developing Eco-Tourism as a climate friendly, tapping into the robust […]

Mozambique on track

The fact finding mission from the International Monetary Fund returned and delivered a clear signal that Mozambique is doing well. Foreign Direct Investment into Mozambique, according to the UNCTAD report in January 2014, “experienced record inflows of more than US$7 billion”. This goes along with its strong 7% GDP growth. Now estimated to exceed 8% in […]

Australia added 47.3K jobs and Demographic data

The Australian Bureau of Statistics released positive numbers and beat expectations of 15K for February jobs. Jobs came in at up 47,300 and the unemployment rate increased 0.1% to 6.0%. The seasonally adjusted labor participation rate moved up 0.2% to a healthy 64.8%. The Reserve Bank of Australia showed that Australia has a growing population […]

Up Close and Personal, Wearable, CeBIT 2014

CeBIT 2014 is under way in Hanover Germany. I am expecting a plethora of wearable technology. Your usual flashy demo flat screens, the comfy sofas, free handouts and the smaller side table exhibitors showing their new gadgets are all part of the gigantic show called CeBIT. Finally there is a CeBIT that allows the crowds […]

Confidence in 7.5% Growth, Chinese Exports down 18.1%

Premier Li Keqiang and Finance Mininster Lou Jiwei have reiterated their belief in the growth expectations for 2014 of 7.5%. 7.5% was the expectiation of many economists for the Chinese export data released over the weekend on March 8th. The actual number is down -18.1%. That is a 25.6% reversal from expectations. These numbers were […]

G20 Expectations

Expectations for the upcoming summit in Sydney are a combination of wishes for emerging markets to get their countries in order and wishes for the US to deal with ramifications of further easing of its almost trillion dollar stimulus. Smaller side talks between countries are being highlighted as possible bright spots for the February 22nd […]

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