They talked about football, baseball and probably FX
- Lew tells Aso that it's critical for nations to honour FX commitments
- Discussed importance of TPP
"And then Lew said "stop manipulating the currency""
They're all coming out of the meeting now
Lew talking generally emphasised the need for all major economies to employ a full tool kit of economic policy measures (or they could employ actual people and that might help ;-) )
Bloomberg say that Germany was happy with proposals in a brainstorming session
Brainstorming G7 style
Canadian finance minister Joe Oliver sees an increased chance of market volatility, in part due to the stronger dollar and agrees with German stress on the need to repair balance sheets (They've got a club going)
