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CORRECTED - G20 to look at how to unwind stimulus-U.S.'s Wolin

Wed Nov 4, 2009 10:45pm IST
 
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(corrects first paragraph to say finance chiefs will discuss unwinding stimulus, removing reference to drawing up a plan)

* G20 to discuss how to end economic stimuli

* U.S., others "still need" near-term support

* Importance of G20 stressed

By Ed Cropley

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 will discuss eventually unwinding emergency economic stimulus packages introduced over the last year, U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin said on Wednesday.

"There will be a set of discussions about how we're going to sequence all this as governments think about moving from a period of stress and so forth to a period that's steadier and more regularised and as some of these extraordinary measures which the G20 countries took become less necessary," he said.  Continued...

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