Tag: Christine Lagarde

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 18:37 UTC

  Lagarde too committed to the Euro to be nominated IMF chief, says top economist

  

  Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is the wrong choice to head the International Monetary Fund as it gets deeper into the Euro-zone rescue, a former IMF chief economist said this week.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 00:41 UTC

  Lagarde and Carsterns are both “credible” candidates to lead IMF says US

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said France's Christine Lagarde and Mexico's Agustin Carstens are both “credible” candidates to lead the International Monetary Fund, but he wants the candidate who can earn the broadest support.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 07:00 UTC

  BRIC countries slam Europe’s ‘obsolete grip’ on the IMF top job

  

  Top emerging economies joined forces to slam Europe's “obsolete” grip on the IMF top job, even as France's finance minister appeared to strengthen her lead in the race to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 19:39 UTC

  France says China supports Lagarde as next IMF chief given Euro zone situation

  

  China would support Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as the next IMF chief the French government said backing which would put her firmly in pole position to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

• Sunday, May 22nd 2011 - 13:09 UTC

  Greece’s credit rating downgraded and risks a ‘sovereign default’

  

  Greece’s credit rating was cut on Friday three levels by Fitch Ratings, which said that even a voluntary extension of its bond maturities being studied by EU policy makers would be considered a default.

• Sunday, May 22nd 2011 - 12:32 UTC

  European powers endorse French minister Lagarde as next IMF chief

  

  European leaders raced Saturday to nominate a successor for fallen IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn before a G8 summit in France next week, with French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde in pole position.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:03 UTC

  G20 leaders closer on agreeing greater global role for Chinese currency

  

  G20 leaders have moved towards agreeing that China's currency should have a wider role in global finance. The G20 is to study whether to include the Chinese Yuan within the basket of currencies that make up the IMF Special Drawing Right.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 15:05 UTC

  WHO: radiation risk in Japan limited to area next to damaged nuclear plant

  

  The risk of the contamination of food products from nuclear radiation in Japan is limited to the specific area surrounding the damaged nuclear plant, according to a source from the World Health Organization (WHO).

• Monday, February 21st 2011 - 07:03 UTC

  G20 reaches deal on indicators to detect economic imbalances

  

  The G20 have reached a deal on indicators to detect economic imbalances, the French presidency said, after the meeting ended in Paris. The world's leading economies agreed on a compromise after “frank, sometimes tense” negotiations, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said.

• Friday, June 4th 2010 - 05:07 UTC

  G-20 challenge: how to reduce deficits and not kill incipient economic recovery

  

  Disagreements over how quickly to reduce inflated budget deficits and restore balance to the global economy risk will be one of the main issues to be addressed at the high-level Group of 20 talks this week in South Korea.