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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report.

Leaders of the world's largest rich and developing economies met Thursday in London. The Group of Twenty agreed to an additional trillion dollars for the International Monetary1 Fund and other lenders to strengthen the world economy and trade. President Obama says the G-20 summit will be a "turning point" in seeking global economic recovery.
 
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomes President Obama at the G-20 meeting

The leaders promised to keep closer watch over banks, hedge funds, credit rating agencies and executive pay. They also agreed to act against countries that provide tax shelters for the wealthy. And they agreed to form a supervisory group to warn of problems in the world financial system.

The G-20 is nineteen countries and the European Union. Members represent about ninety percent of world economic activity and eighty percent of trade.

Finance ministers and central bankers formed the group ten years ago to give more attention to developing nations. Leaders met last November for the first time. They plan to meet again in September.
 
Protesters in London angry over the economic situation

Developing economies like China, India and Brazil want greater influence over international financial policy and groups like the I.M.F. Western countries now see developing nations as important partners in the effort to get the world economy growing again.

The currency most commonly used in foreign trade is the dollar. But last week, the governor of the Chinese central bank suggested that the dollar be replaced as the world's leading reserve currency. Zhou Xiaochuan called for a new currency disconnected from individual nations -- such as using what are called Special Drawing Rights.

The International Monetary Fund created the Special Drawing Right, or S.D.R., forty years ago. The value is based on several major currencies. Today the I.M.F. and some other international organizations mainly use it as an accounting2 tool.

Last week a United Nations group of experts also urged a new global reserve system -- an expanded version of Special Drawing Rights.

At the G-20 meeting, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev called for a study of a new reserve currency. He said it would be wise to support the creation of strong regional currencies and use them as the basis, possibly also using gold.

Few experts see a threat to the dollar, at least for now.

And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. For more on the London summit, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.


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1 monetary pEkxb     
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
参考例句:
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
2 accounting nzSzsY     
n.会计,会计学,借贷对照表
参考例句:
  • A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
  • There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

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