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International Business Times
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G20 Nations Agree Central Bank Independence 'Crucial'

G20 is made up of 19 nations and two regional organisations (Credit: AFP)

The G20 finance ministers stressed Friday that central banks must remain independent, after months of escalating attacks by US President Donald Trump on Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell.

It was the first communique under South Africa's G20 presidency and marked a rare consensus reached by a bloc jolted by the drastic trade policies of its richest member, the United States.

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