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SUMMERS SAYS REGULATORY REFORMS MUST ELIMINATE REGULATORY ARBITRAGE
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WHITE HOUSE ADVISER SUMMERS SAYS MUST TACKLE MORAL HAZARD PROBLEMS IN EFFORT TO CREATE SAFER FINANCIAL SYSTEM
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‘TOBIN TAX’ ON GLOBAL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS SEEN REFLECTED IN G20 COMMUNIQUE-G20 SOURCES
Mind yer eye.
One giant drop of cash for mankind?
European Union ministers are reportedly going to back a call from the IMF to double its funds to $500bn when they meet at this weekend’s G20 meeting in London.
Raising funds, of course, could be done in two ways.
The G-20 “must try harder”
So contends BNP Paribas’ Paul Mortimer-Lee, a wit among analysts, in a take-no-prisoners note to clients this morning.
For instance:
We did not hold out much hope for anything substantive from G20.
Gold at $53,000 an ounce?
We like gold theories here on FT Alphaville and this one’s a cracker.
If you think this weekend’s G-20 meetings in Washington are only about designing short-term fixes to the financial system and regulatory reforms for banks,