Between the SummitsIssue No. 2Week ending October 23, 2026G7 · G20 · COP · B20 · W20 · APEC
Finance ministers spent the week in Bangkok, where the G20 finance meeting ended without a communiqué and Russia’s finance minister was back at the table. The IMF nudged its 2026 growth forecast up to 3.1%, APEC finance ministers agreed a joint statement in Hong Kong, the UK named Edinburgh for its 2027 G20 finance meeting, and COP31 named the co-facilitators who will consult countries ahead of Antalya.














