CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release:
Tomorrow I will join international counterparts in Bangkok for the IMF‑World Bank Group Annual Meetings and G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting.
This is all about working with other countries to manage the economic impacts of the war and global uncertainty, meeting my new counterparts in UK and Indonesia for the first time and boosting investment.
In Bangkok, I will call for an end to the conflict in the Middle East and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz because that's what the global economy desperately needs.
The war in the Middle East is having a devastating economic impact and is pushing up fuel prices, inflation an...