Sentences with phrase «finance ministers»

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who leads the group of finance ministers for the euro zone, complained that Brexit «isn't going well»

Speaking in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti Forum in Italy, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who leads the group of finance ministers for the euro zone, complained that Brexit «isn't going well.»

The Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers will meet again on Saturday at 16:00 London time in a last - ditch effort to find an agreement that could release a vital last tranche of bailout aid worth 7.2 billion euros.

His remarks come after finance ministers of the G - 20 countries failed to agree on a common statement promising to resist «all forms of protectionism.»

In Washington, a meeting of G20 finance ministers opened its doors to the media and paid tribute to Flaherty, considered a dean among global treasurers after the 2008 - 09 financial crisis rocked world economies.

But they went down this road with the understanding that finance ministers would do their part.

The German, Dutch and Finnish electorate wanted a harsh line to be taken on Greece, probably an even harder line than their finance ministers took.

A weekend selloff cryptocurrencies subsided, with Bitcoin rallying from a six - week low before Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors discuss digital assets in Buenos Aires.

John Manley last attended a G20 meeting in the fall of 2003, when the group's finance ministers gathered in Morelia, Mexico.

The sensitivity around previous finance ministers» choices of shoes would suggest that Morneau knew what he was doing when he picked this particular pair to try on.

In an exclusive interview with CNBC on the sidelines of the G - 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Moscow, Aso said the communique released seemed to validate Japan's motives for its recent economic policies, but added that this does not represent an endorsement.

His declaration comes just hours before a crucial meeting between the finance ministers of the Eurogroup who are set to decide whether the reforms proposed by the Greek government are good enough to grant an extension on the country's bailout programme.

Greece might not get the complete picture of how its debt is going to be restructured before June, the head of the euro zone's finance ministers said Friday.

Lagarde had a simple message for finance ministers: Unless you are broke, you should be using fiscal policy to generate economic growth.

The term «pension crisis» became a feature of the media coverage as finance ministers gathered in Whitehorse last December and again in June in Prince Edward Island.

Elsewhere, Germany and France's finance ministers agreed to set up a working group, that would come up with strategies on creating a deeper, more integrated euro zone.

The 19 finance ministers of the euro zone are set to discuss who should become the next vice president of the European Central Bank (ECB).

When central bankers dropped interest rates during the financial crisis, finance ministers leaned too hard on household debt.

Indeed, finance ministers at the provincial and federal levels will be meeting in December to decide if the expansion should be put into effect.

Second, Ontario had served notice it would forge ahead with its own provincial Ontario Retirement Pension Plan if the country's finance ministers failed to reach quick agreement on a Canada Pension Plan expansion.

When finance ministers meet in December, they will consider hiking them to as high as 13 %.

Unfortunately, few finance ministers are brave enough to talk plainly about what people actually pay in taxes and receive in government transfers or what they think is a «fair» distribution of the tax / transfer burden we all share.

Mnuchin met with other finance ministers on Monday at the G20 conference in Buenos Aires to discuss the situation in Venezuela.

Canada's finance ministers reached an historic agreement in Vancouver on Monday: an expansion to the $ 44 billion - per - year Canada Pension Plan.

With a new deal by Canada's finance ministers to expand the scope of the CPP, higher earners will pay more to receive more in retirement

Finance ministers from the 19 countries of the euro also will meet with the goal of settling the matter before Greece runs out of money next week.

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan told CNBC Tuesday that the country would appeal to the ruling, restating Ireland's position that the «full amount of tax was paid in this case and no state aid was provided.»

The Prime Minister's Office and the central bank declined to comment, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau said in a statement that he doesn't comment on the central bank's independent policy decisions.

For a President or Finance Minister, there is only one appropriate response to a credit rating agency downgrading your nation's debt: feigned outrage.

Prince Edward Island Finance Minister Wes Sheridan said his province was interested.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau's new budget assumes economic growth of 1.9 % in 2017 — a less than spectacular number, but not terrible either.

The new bonds would capitalize on the province's ability to raise funds at low interest rates, said Finance Minister Charles Sousa.

The Prime Minister and his finance minister spend much of their time reminding the country's biggest vote bank — the middle class — that it is not doing as well as it should be.

Flaherty has been trying to establish a national regulator almost from the first day he became finance minister, only to be frustrated at every turn by provincial objections and most recently by the courts.

At about midday Ottawa time on Monday, the finance minister's account exploded with an eight - point response to the increasingly hysterical opponents of his bid to curb aggressive tax planning.

In the aftermath of the referendum, Tsipras decided to present the head of his finance minister as a symbol that the Greek government was serious about negotiating in good faith.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau's tax reform has been a communications disaster.

Top of the list was Finance Minister Bill Morneau's decision to defer a plan to drop the rate smaller companies pay on their income to 9 % from 10.5 %.

All parties will recognize that IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, a former French finance minister, faces questions about where her loyalties lie in this struggle.

There is little talk of tax cuts and balanced budgets, items which form the economic lodestar of the Official Opposition; think tanks such as the Fraser Institute, the Macdonald - Laurier Institute, the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council; and almost everyone who writes a column for the Financial Post, including former finance minister Joe Oliver.

There is no reason why the European Union should suffer from a trade war between the United States and China, France's finance minister said Saturday,

Moreover, a buying binge was expected ahead of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's last round of mortgage restrictions back in March.

The finance minister has advocated for a national regulator for nearly seven years, undeterred by provincial pigheadedness or even an inconvenient Supreme Court ruling.

The finance minister of Saudi Arabia has sought to reassure investors that the kingdom is a secure place to invest following a crackdown on corruption in the country that saw individuals imprisoned and assets handed over to the government.

As Finance Minister, Flaherty steered the Canadian economy through a global recession with determination.

Now, thanks to tough new mortgage lending and insurance rules announced by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau in October, some analysts predict that so - called «shadow banking» firms, which operate largely outside the purview of regulators, will see a surge of fresh business from frustrated homebuyers who can't get conventional loans.

The budget not only addresses all the NDP's priorities, it offers a «much more comprehensive and transformative plan» to help Ontario's economy grow, said rookie Finance Minister Charles Sousa.

The tax code is riddled with exceptions and exemptions, so Finance Minister Bill Morneau could make a lot of reforms and still find himself wide open to criticism.

And we seem open to the suggestions of Finance Minister Bill Morneau's Advisory Council on Economic Growth, an assembly that would face persecution in the two biggest Anglo - Saxon economies for its belief in expertise.

THE OFFICIAL REACTION: Finance Minister Vítor Gaspar said the ratings cut failed to reflect broad political support for the country's latest financial rescue program, and also a new income tax which he portrayed as «proof of the government's determination» to meet stated deficit targets.