No reason for too much economic pessimism now - G20 official

Ahead of the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, later during the week on March 17-18, an unnamed official was quoted saying that G20 sees consensus that economic outlook improving and that there is no reason for too much economic pessimism now.

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