Obama tells G20 leaders in letter: “We need to commit to restore sustainable public finances in the medium term” – White House
- Highest priority at G20 summit must be to safeguard, strengthen economic recovery
- Concerned by weak private sector demand and continued reliance on exports by countries with large external surpluses
- Market-determined exchange rates are essential to global economic vitality
- The signals that flexible-exchange rates send are necessary to support a strong, balanced global recovery
- If confidence in economic recovery diminishes, G20 should be prepared to respond quickly and forecefully again
- G20 must learn from mistakes of the past when economic stimulus was withdrawn too quickly
- Important for Europe in particular to resolve uncertainty about bank capital, transparency of bank blance sheets
- G20 must accelerate efforts to complete financial reforms
- Calls for G20 to agree new framework for more stringent capital and liquidity requirements for financial institutions
- Calls for G20 to agree consistewnt framework for stronger oversight of derivatives markets
- Must agree effective framework for winding down large global firms and principles for financial sector to pay for burdens it creates
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