麻生氏「デジタル通貨で成果」　引き続き協調―Ｇ７財務相・中銀総裁会議

　日米欧など先進７カ国（Ｇ７）の財務相・中央銀行総裁によるテレビ会議が７日夜（日本時間）、開かれた。麻生太郎財務相は会議で、この１年の成果として、中銀のデジタル通貨について透明性や法の支配など３条件を満たすよう求めたことを挙げた。また、新型コロナウイルスの流行などにＧ７で引き続き協調して対応する意向を示した。
　２０カ国・地域（Ｇ２０）は１１月、コロナ禍を受け、医療体制や財務基盤が弱い開発途上国の債務を減免する枠組みで合意した。麻生氏は、Ｇ７がこの議論を主導したことも重要な成果だと強調した。（2020/12/08-00:32）

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso has praised the progress made this year in discussions among the Group of Seven major industrial nations on central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs.
   At a videoconference among G-7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs on Monday, Aso said it is an achievement that the seven major economies have worked together to make the three conditions for CBDCs to meet, including transparency and the rule of law.
   He also said Japan hopes to continue to cooperate with other G-7 nations in responding to the new coronavirus pandemic and other issues.
   In November, the Group of 20 major economies agreed on the introduction of a debt relief framework for developing countries with poor medical care systems and weak financial bases, as a measure to help them cope with the pandemic. Aso said the G-7's leadership displayed in the G-20 discussions on the matter is also an important achievement.
   From Japan, Aso and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attended the G-7 meeting. Participants looked back on their discussions in 2020, when the global economy was hit hard by the virus crisis, and summed up the G-7's responses.