The club of finance ministers and central bankers who’ve steered the global economy through a quarter century of market meltdowns, recessions and the pandemic meet this week facing new headwinds to their goal of broader prosperity — tariffs and the imminent threat of trade wars.

There seemed little hope of agreement on issues host President Cyril Ramaphosa sees as core: inadequate climate finance from rich nations, reform of a financial system that penalises poor countries an

Thailand's low inflation means there is room for an interest rate cut to boost economic growth and help weaken the baht THB=TH to support exports, the finance minister said on Monday, ahead of a scheduled review of rates this week.