Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 countries stressed the importance of central bank independence while pledging to boost cooperation in a joint statement issued on Friday after a two-day meeting in South Africa.

STORY: Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 countries stressed the importance of central bank independence in a communique issued on Friday after a two-day meeting in South Africa.It was an issue that hung heavily over the meeting following U.

This week’s deliberations in KwaZulu-Natal saw member states stuck on sustainable financing before finding consensus with each other on a range of common global challenges.