The Wall Street Journal reports that at the upcoming G20 meeting (July 19 and 20 in Moscow ), much of the pressure on Japan to explain its monetary policies will have dissipated, with the the ‘taper’ plans of the US Fed the new cause for concern.

  • Working-level discussions by G-20 policymakers in recent weeks have focused on the Fed’s ‘taper’ intentions, according to a G-20 official
  • Now the world is looking to Japan to expand and so help global growth

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