Just to refresh, the G20 comprises 19 countries and the European Union:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.
by Macroscope at 11/5/2009 4:01:59 PM
The meeting gets underway in earnest tomorrow, but for now you can read a preview at
link.reuters.comby Macroscope at 11/5/2009 4:03:01 PM
On my way to the G20 at St Andrew's now. Here are a few first thoughts I had on the BoE meeting before I left
link.reuters.comDavid Milliken covers the UK economy for Reuters in London
by Macroscope at 11/5/2009 4:13:00 PM
Thursday's news on the G20 included Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega saying the group should discuss the disparity between pegged and floating currencies, and French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde saying countries should abide by the same rules governing bonuses.
by Macroscope at 11/5/2009 4:47:08 PM
UK finance minister Alistair Darling tells Reuters G20 knows it is too early to begin pulling the plug on economic stimulus packages.
link.reuters.comby Macroscope at 11/6/2009 7:46:13 AM
China likely to dismiss any G20 attempts to blame it for global economic woes
link.reuters.comJeremy Gaunt is Reuter's European investment correspondent. He is monitoring the G20 meeting from London.
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 8:11:37 AM
For previous comuniques of G20 meetings, go to
www.g20.orgby Macroscope at 11/6/2009 9:08:19 AM
Journalists starting to arrive at G20 press centre in giant white tent at edge of cold, windswept St Andrews golf course
The G20 officials will meet a couple of hundred metres away in the Fairmont Hotel -- no sign of them yet, most to arrive in afternoon
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 9:34:09 AM
That's were the delegates are. Above is a view of the journalist hang out.
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 9:41:10 AM
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 9:41:34 AM
Reminder that you can read our interview with UK finance minister and G20 host Alistair Darling at
link.reuters.comby Macroscope at 11/6/2009 10:54:48 AM
Very tight security -- tightest I've seen! Reporters generally not being let near hotel, which will make buttonholing officials difficult
G20 press team freezing in seaside marquee
Moscow correspondent the only one able to sit in marquee without an overcoat
Andrew Torchia is Reuters treasury editor for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Sujata Rao is our BRICs correspondent.
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 11:28:21 AM
Wonder if BRICS are also losing patience with China's strong currency. Brazil seems to be suggesting that.
Axel Bugge is Reuters chief correspondent in Lisbon. He will be following Brazil closely at the G20.
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 11:35:53 AM
This place is so cold. We are right on the coast and it is pouring down and we are in a tent kept well away from the meeting
Sumeet Desai is chief UK economic correspondent
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 12:01:33 PM
I was at the birth of the G20 in Berlin 10 yrs ago and even though it was snowing then, it really didn't feel so cold.
G20 spouses have a good deal. While their partners discuss rebalancing the global economy, they get to indulge in a spa or make up class
No BRICs finance ministers meeting or communique expected, but deputies will get together, Brazil's Mantega tells Reuters' Sebastian Tong
Alternatively there is also golf laid on for them tho guess the weather isn't quite right
Does lack of plan for a BRIC communique show other BRICs getting impatient too with China FX policy? That's one line of speculation here
Something for G20 finance ministers to chew over at dinner -- the latest U.S. jobs data. U.S. employers cut a deeper-than-expected 190,000 jobs in October, driving the unemployment rate to |10.2 percent, the highest in 26-1/2 year. But job losses were revised for August and September to show 91,000 fewer jobs lost than previously reported.
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 1:55:08 PM
If G20 fiscal exit strategies are to be coordinated, are the Europeans jumping ahead of the game by setting 2011 as the deadline?
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 2:10:29 PM
That's Huw Jones on the video talking about too-big-to-fail banks. He is our European regulation correspondent.
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 2:15:30 PM
G20 ministers to start talks on what to do with banks deemed too big to fail. Will be a case of too thorny to find consensus for now.
Look at how other media is reporting the G20:
AP
r.reuters.comBBC
r.reuters.comFT
r.reuters.comAnd this is our own:
r.reuters.comBiggest debate on exit strategies seems how much to communicate to public; some want more communication, others fear it could scare markets
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 3:05:15 PM
World Bank President Robert Zoellick in pensive mood as he arrives at G20 meeting
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 3:05:51 PM
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 3:07:41 PM
A cold looking Sumeet Desai on the video talking about bonuses with Anna Willard, our French economic correspondent
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 3:10:19 PM
It must be a strange experience for non-European officials to talk to Europeans at events such as this. If you want to make a deal with Europe, whom do you speak to? At the table there is Germany, France, Italy and Britain, a representative of the country that holds the rotating EU presidency (currently Sweden) and a representative of the executive European Commission. For more on this, read our EU correspondent Jan Strupczewski's new blog post
link.reuters.comby Macroscope at 11/6/2009 3:59:25 PM
Brazilian source said they view China's fixed forex with concern. Seems like the strongest statement so far by a BRIC country on China yuan.
Just back from the ministers' hotel. I was taken in past the kitchens -- a number of bottles of Fonseca port were ready for after dinner.
IMF cautious on economy but many G20 officials more positive; EU's Almunia says we're closer to sustainable recovery than at past meetings
Geithner and Zoellick both went for a jog
by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 9:34:09 AM
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by Macroscope at 11/6/2009 3:05:15 PM