G20 Finance Track
As an informal forum for the twenty most important industrialised and emerging countries, the G20 has given crucial boosts to coordinated reforms at a global level since its first summit of heads of state and heads of government. Key questions on the global financial and economic system are addressed in the Finance Track.
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Switzerland at 2024 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings and G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in Washington
Federal Councillors Karin Keller-Sutter and Guy Parmelin, accompanied by Martin Schlegel, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, will attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington from 23 to 25 October 2024. A meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will also take place during the Annual Meetings. The Swiss delegation will additionally use the event for bilateral talks.
Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter meets Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance, Mohammed Al Jadaan
On 20 June 2024 in Zurich, Federal Councillor Karin Keller-Sutter, Head of the Federal Department of Finance (FDF), received her Saudi counterpart, Mohammed Al Jadaan, for a working visit. The two ministers opened the bilateral financial dialogue between Switzerland and Saudi Arabia, and exchanged views on developments in the financial sector and the most important international financial and tax issues.
Federal Council adopts dispatch on adjustment of International Monetary Fund resources
During its meeting on 31 May 2024, the Federal Council adopted the dispatch on approving the adjustment of the resources of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the 16th General Review of Quotas. It requested Parliament to approve the corresponding adjustment of Switzerland's contributions to IMF resources.