Meeting’s Key Decision May Be to Keep Talking
WASHINGTON — Leaders from nearly two dozen countries, large and small, converged here Friday to take part in a financial summit meeting with an agenda as broad and complex as the crisis it is meant to stem.
Times Topics: Credit Crisis — The EssentialsWith the global economy slipping into its most serious downturn in decades, the Group of 20 seemed likely to agree on a few modest measures, according to a senior American official, including a commitment to have banking regulators coordinate their efforts more closely.
By MARK LANDLER and STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: November 14, 2008
Times Topics: Credit Crisis — The EssentialsWith the global economy slipping into its most serious downturn in decades, the Group of 20 seemed likely to agree on a few modest measures, according to a senior American official, including a commitment to have banking regulators coordinate their efforts more closely.
By MARK LANDLER and STEVEN LEE MYERS
Published: November 14, 2008