G7 finance, central bank chiefs to hold talks amid Covid-19 outbreak | The Malaysian Insight

Near empty shelves in a supermarket in Paris yesterday. The Covid-19 outbreak has cleared many supermarkets of basic necessities, such as pasta and toilet paper, in recent days. – AFP pic, March 3, 2020.

FINANCE ministers and central bank chiefs from G7 countries will hold talks today amid rising global uncertainty over the coronavirus epidemic, the US treasury said yesterday. US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell “will lead a call with their G7 counterparts tomorrow morning”, the department said in a statement.

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