Japan and United States escaped specific mention during the final G20 communiqué issued last Saturday. The communiqué called for probable medium-term fiscal strategies in higly developed economies. The statement was issued following the two-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors. The statement was fine-tuned to say that G20 was determine to "accelerate" instead of "continue" with progress when it comes to the rebalancing of global demand.

In an earlier draft of the statement named Japan and the United States in relation to the medium-term financial plans. Japan and the United States have run huge budget deficits that roused their economies.

The Group of 20, also known as G20, is the group of central bank governors and finance ministers from 20 major economies. The European Union plus 19 other countries make up for the Group of 20. On a collective scale, the G20 economies account for the 80% of the gross world product as well as 80% of the world trade. The current chair for the G20 is Russia.