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G7 likely to reject idea of concerted stimulus

By Chris Giles in London and David Pilling in Tokyo

Published: February 5 2008 17:41 | Last updated: February 5 2008 17:41

A concerted international fiscal stimulus package to boost economic growth and address the turmoil in credit markets is set to be rejected at the meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors on Saturday.

The G7 group of leading industrialised countries expect little concrete agreement on measures to ease the credit crisis, partly because the US believes it is too early to learn lessons.

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