G20 finance ministers to meet in Germany on March 17

FRANKFURT The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will meet on March 17 and 18 in Baden-Baden in Germany. The meeting will focus on strengthening economic resilience in finance, digitalization and promote investment in Africa, German central bank Bundesbank said in a statement issued on Tuesday. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann will share the results of the meeting in a news conference which will be held on March 18. The meetings between finance ministers and central bank governors will provide a preliminary discussion platform ahead the G20 Summit of heads of state and government, which will be held in Hamburg on July 7-8, 2017. G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will also gather at the International Monetary Fund's spring and annual meetings in April and October in Washington DC.