G8 ministers at odds over stress tests

Article reports that differences about bank stress tests and the timing of exit strategies from government measures to deal with the recession overshadowed the start of a G8 finance ministers meeting in southern Italy on 12 June 2009.

ESO: Background information: Europe’s secretive stance criticised http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-secretive-stance-criticised/

G8 Information Centre: Statement of G8 Finance Ministers, Lecce, Italy, 13 June, 2009 http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/finance/fm090613.htm

Deutsche Welle, 13.6.09: G8 finance leaders urge caution but see first signs of stabilization http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4323602,00.html

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