G20 Meetings

Information

• Effect

  Without a fixed effect, it may be positive or negative

• Notes

  G20 meetings are attended by finance ministers and central bankers from 20 industrialized nations including the G7 nations - Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the US. The meetings are closed to the press but officials usually talk with reporters throughout the day, and a formal statement covering policy shifts and meeting objectives is released after the meetings have concluded;

• Why Traders Care

  While it's not an institution, the G20 is an influential global policy-making body operating at the highest level, and their initiatives and policies can impact the currency markets;

• Abbreviation Explanation

  Group of Twenty (G20);