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Transcript: TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNERTREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER DELIVERS A STATEMENT FOLLOWING MEETING OF THE G7 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK
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Washington Transcript Service
02-14-2009
TREASURY SECRETARY TIMOTHY GEITHNER DELIVERS A STATEMENT
FOLLOWING MEETING OF THE G7 FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL
BANK GOVERNORS, AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY
FEBRUARY 14, 2009
SPEAKER: TIMOTHY GEITHNER,
SECRETARY,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
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GEITHNER: I am very pleased to be in Rome for the G7 Finance
Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting. I want to compliment Minister
Tremonti for his hospitality in this beautiful city in these challenging
times.
We meet at a time when growth has slowed sharply around the
world. We are confronted with a broader, deeper slowdown in global ...