PARIS: French Finance Minister Roland Lescure said on Tuesday that G7 finance ministers had agreed that the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank needed to step up efforts to aid vulnerable countries. Lescure, who is hosting a G7 finance ministers’ meeting in Paris, made the comments as he arrived for the second and last day of talks. A joint G7 statement, resulting from the meeting, is expected later on Tuesday.

PARIS, May 18 — Finance chiefs from the G7 industrialised nations gather in Paris on Monday for two days of talks aimed at forging a united front as the Middle East war roils...

G-7 finance ministers meet in Paris to tackle bond-market volatility, trade imbalances, and critical minerals supply chains as debt selloff deepens.