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Communique released after G7 Finance Ministers’ summit does not have much to offer beyond commitments already agreed upon

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The economic crisis is real; the picture of economic resilience is an illusion

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Global commodity price spike, or commodity ‘supercycle’, is a ‘boom’ without promise

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