G20 communique will not endorse idea of global bank levy – G20 official
- Will say global outlook is more positive, but stress need for “elaboration of credible exit strategies”
- Not expected to mention Chinese currency explicity
- Not sure yet whether final communique will mention Greece
- There are real risks associated with multi-speed recovery
- Unaware of any G20 country outside 3 Europeans which favour imposing global bank levy
- Seeing IMF report on global rebalancing, there were genuine concerns about downside risks
- Communique will include 2 page annex on principles and objectives of global rebalancing plan
- Agreed not to single out individual countries in global rebalancing plan, but aggregate into groups
- Very surprised by level of engagement among all members on need for global rebalancing, peer reviews
- Communique will reiterate need to focus on core financial reforms like capital standards, leverage caps
- Very hopeful of agreements on world bank capital increase, governance reforms on weekend
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