Tim Geithner’s new slogan ‘growth friendly’

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Did Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner cautiously float a rhetorical trial balloon last night?

Geithner talked about the need for the G-20 countries to pursue “growth friendly” policies – that is, policies that will power faster, more robust economic expansion – before heading off to a G-20 meeting in South Korea. The phrase also appears in a draft of the declaration that will be released following the end of the Korea meeting.

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