Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers will consider more action this weekend to support world economic growth following last month's suicide attacks, a British Treasury official said.
"We will examine efforts to keep financial markets operating smoothly and what more can be done to maintain stability and growth," the official said.
The meeting in Washington will be the first face-to-face meeting of finance ministers from the G7 leading industrialised nations since the September 11th attacks.
In a briefing to reporters, the UK Treasury official said talks on foreign-exchange rates at the meeting would just be standard surveillance .