G20 Summit

Asia stocks, currencies rally as risk sought 3:36am GMT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks and currencies rose on Monday as investors bet that a surge in the U.S. unemployment rate to a 26-1/2-year high would force policymakers to keep many stimulus measures in place until an economic recovery was on more solid footing.  Full Article

 
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IMF exploring insurance levy on banks Sunday, 8 Nov 2009 

PARIS (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Sunday.  Full Article  

 
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling speaks at a Thomson Reuters newsmaker event in London October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
Darling says stimulus stays

G20 policymakers are agreed that it is too early to pull the plug on economic life-support packages, Chancellor Alistair Darling tells Reuters.  Full Article 

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