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G7 eyes plan to avert new financial crises
Al P, Washington
Group of Seven finance officials are mulling a plan to require more openness in complex market investments in an effort to avert future crises, officials said Wednesday.
The gathering of key finance ministers and central bank governors set for Friday comes amid increasingly grim forecasts for the global economic outlook, with worries about a global slowdown and a US recession.
Unlike in recent years, it is the crisis in the US economy that is the focus of officials due to the mushrooming crisis that started in housing and has ravaged the global banking sector.
As a result, the roles are reversed at the G7, with the US the object of attention instead-of the country' providing advice to others.
A plan drafted by a global group called the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) would require banks and securities firms to be more transparent in their dealings and boost capital reserves as part of improved risk management.
Singapore tightens monetary policy to address inflation
* AFP, Singapore
Singapore’s de facto central bank said it had further tightened monetary7 policy Thursday in a bid to address a sharp rise in inflation.
The move sent the Singapore dollar to all-time highs. The city7 state’s currency was worth 1.3601 to one US dollar in mid-day trade, versus 1.3810 late Wednesday.
On April 11 last year, the Singapore dollar was trading at 1.5182 to the US dollar.
In its semi-annual policy statement the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said consumer prices have risen sharply since die second half of lastyear, reflecting both external and domestic factors.
From 0.8 percent in the first half of last year, consumer price index (CPI) inflation accelerated to 6.6 percent in January-February, MAS said.
Thailand to lure investors with new measures
Afp, Bangkok-
Thailand's new government has launched fresh measures - aimed at luring more local ,and foreign investment and boosting the*kingdom's economy, a deputy prime minister _ said Thursday.
Suwit Khunkitti said the government wanted to restore confidence in Thailand after more than a year of political instability7 sparked by a coup in September 2006.
Measures include simplifying the red-tape for investors, setting up a liaison officer at the Board of Investment, and shortening approval times for small and medium-sized investment projects from two months to 20 days.
"The government seriously aims to improve transparency, consistency' and standards so they are acceptable at the global level," Suwit said.
“I believe investment is the key to success for Thailand's sustainable economy," he told a seminar in Bangkok.
He said the measures should also help the economy weather global economic turbulence, such as high oil prices and fears of a slowdown in the US economy.
China revises up 2007 economic growth to 11.9pc
AFP, Beijing
China on Thursday revised up its economic growth figure for last year to 11.9 percent from 11.4 percent, putting it closer to overtaking Germany as having the world's third biggest economy.
Based on the new calculations, China's economy was last year worth 25.0 trillion yuan, the National Bureau of Statistics said, or about 3.6 trillion dollars (about 2.27 trillion euros) based on current exchange rates.
However, it still fell short of overtaking Germany — whose economy was valued at 2.42 trillion euros in 2007 -- to become the world's third largest economy.
"A key factor is that the yuan depreciated against the euro," said Citigroup's Shanghai-based economist Shen Minggao.
Mazda to recall 180,000 vehicles
AFP, Tokyo
Mazda Motor Corp, said Thursday that it was recalling more than 180,000 passenger vehicles and trucks mostly sold in Japan due to problems with die computer system and other glitches.
Japan s fifth-largest automaker is recalling a total of 170,300 Demio, Verisa and Accela passenger vehicles in Japan produced between March 2005 and October 2007 due to errors in the system controlling the engine.
The company said the glitch could cause drivers to experience difficulty trying to slow7 down when releasing the accelerator pedal.