Economics
Trump-Xi Take Center Stage as Central Banks Shift: Economy Week
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- Bloomberg Economics’ guide to the world economy’s week ahead
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, walks with Xi Jinping, China's president, in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.
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Central bankers hand back the spotlight to presidents and prime ministers this week as leaders from the Group of 20 gather for a summit in Japan.
The highlight of those talks will be the face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. That they are meeting at all was enough to send stocks higher last week. Now there is pressure for the two sides to ensure at the very minimum that their tariff battle doesn’t worsen.