Tristram Sainsbury

Tristram Sainsbury is a Research Fellow in the G20 Studies Centre at the Lowy Institute., The National Interest

Tristram Sainsbury is a Research Fellow in the G20 Studies Centre at the Lowy Institute. Prior to joining the Institute, Tristram was at the Australian Treasury where worked on G20 policy, focussing mainly on international financial architecture reform, financial regulation reform and G20 growth strategies.

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Can China Revive the G20?

Tristram Sainsbury, February 22, 2016

Shanghai will welcome finance ministers and central bank governors for the first major meeting of China's G20 presidency at the end of this week. It should be an instructive meeting for a variety of reasons. As I point out in the latest G20 Monitor, the global economy continues to face significant short and long-term challenges. This year is likely to be characterized by disappointing growth and persistently high unemployment. The IMF predicts that the global economy will grow at 3.4 percent in 2016, while the OECD just downgraded its 2016 growth forecast from 3.3 percent to 3 percent.