IMF's Lagarde, Other G20 Finance VIPs Urge Action on Reforms

Officials at a global finance meeting Friday urged governments to speed up promised job-creating reforms instead of relying on stimulus to perk up slackening growth. The clouded global outlook has upped pressure for reassurances and action from the finance ministers and central bankers gathered in Shanghai for a meeting of the Group of 20 major rich and emerging economies. But the leaders have sought to squelch expectations the meeting will produce specific growth...

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