Economics
Ministers Find Peace on Sticky Debt Issues: G-20 Finance Update
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A man walks past banners for the Group of 20 (G-20) finance ministers and central bank governors meeting.
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Japan is seeing its long-held push come to fruition, with a debt-transparency plan among Group of 20 nations in the offing.
“All G-20 finance ministers agree on the need for debt transparency,” German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told reporters on the sidelines of the meetings in Fukuoka, Japan. Lender countries, including China, should be ready to accept the rules set out by the Paris Club agreement, he said.