Top level meetings for Finance Minister in US

Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen leaves on Friday for a two-week visit to the United States.

He will attend the annual general meeting of the IMF and World Bank and visit St Kitts and Nevis in the Carribean where he will attend the Commonwealth Finance Ministers meeting.

While in the United States Dr Cullen will meet Federal Reserve System Chairman Alan Greenspan, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Ted Kasinger and New York Stock Exchange President and co-chief operating officer Catherine Kinney.

Dr Cullen will also call on Moody’s Investment Services and Standard and Poor’s and meet with investors.

En route home Dr Cullen will visit the home of Boeing in Seattle and meet Boeing executives.

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