G7 warms to idea of bank levy

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Series Details 8.2.10
Publication Date 08/02/2010
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Report from an informal meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 5-6 February 2010.

Article reports that Finance Ministers from the world's most advanced nations have begun to coalesce around the idea of imposing levies on banks to help insure the global economy against future financial crises.

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G8 Information Centre: Press Release, 5.2.10: Financial Reform, Development, Haiti on Agenda at "Back to Basics" G7 Meeting http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/finance/fm100205.html
Website: 2010 Iqaluit G7 http://www.g7.gc.ca/messages-eng.html

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