Group of 20 finance meeting ends without consensus or communique

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Open this photo in gallery: Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, and South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana speak with the media about G20 meetings in Cape Town on Feb. 27.Sisipho Skweyiya/Reuters South Africa voiced dismay on Thursday that Group of 20 talks it hosted on global economic issues ended without consensus after top officials from several countries skipped it, and delegates remained far apart on issues like climate finance. The two-day G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Cape Town failed to come up with a joint communique. However a “chair’s summary” issued by...