G-7 Ministers Talk Tough on Sliding Dollar

Strong words signal desire to keep dollar from the abyss
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 12, 2008 7:26 AM CDT
G-7 Ministers Talk Tough on Sliding Dollar
G7 Finance Ministers take part in the Ministerial meeting, Friday, April 11, 2008, at the Treasury Department's Cash Room in Washington.    (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

The Group of Seven's finance ministers are getting more aggressive about stopping the greenback's decline, the Wall Street Journal reports. In what counts as blunt words for the group, a statement yesterday expressed concern about the plummeting dollar's "possible implications for economic and financial stability." The change in tone since the group's last meeting a year ago is aimed at sending a signal to traders; the ministers stopped short of using G-7 money to buy up dollars to push the currency upward. (More Group of Seven stories.)

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