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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8542

16 September 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Europeans expected to put pressure on during IMF and G7 meetings so that Asian countries reduce link between their currencies and the dollar, in order to ease tension on the euro

Stresa, 15/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - At their informal meeting in Stresa, European Finance Ministers defined the European direction for G7 meetings (to be held this week in Dubai) and IMF meetings (in ten days' time in Djibouti).

As far as economic prospects are concerned, the message given will be that of "cautious optimism", European Commissioner Pedro Solbes said. He recalled that the Commission is tabling on 0.5% recovery in 2003. He is mainly counting on a "firm recovery" for stock...

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