Tag: Christine Lagarde

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 00:45 UTC

  Argentina hits back at Lagarde: “this is not a football match and we are a sovereign nation”

  

  Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez hit back at the IMF on Tuesday for warning her country about bad stats data, saying her nation is sovereign and would not be subjected to threats of any kind.

• Monday, September 24th 2012 - 22:50 UTC

  IMF warns Argentina on stats: next time (December 17) it’s a red card

  

  IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned Argentina on Monday that the multilateral lender is willing to show it a red card if by December the government of Cristina Fernández does not meet its promises of providing reliable inflation and GDP statistics, during a conference at the Peterson Institute in Washington DC.

• Wednesday, September 19th 2012 - 05:51 UTC

  IMF calls on Argentina to implement measures on the quality of official data

  

  The International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday that it “regretted the lack of sufficient progress” with Argentina to address the quality of the official data reported by the country and urged it to come up with a response to the organization’s concerns by December 17th.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:53 UTC

  IMF delays report on Argentina’ controversial economic data reporting

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) decided it will not “release any communiqué regarding Christine Lagarde report over Argentina's statistics,” the press department announced. It is expected that the report with the analysis of the Board of Directors will be released on Tuesday.

• Friday, September 7th 2012 - 06:04 UTC

  IMF showed strong support for ECB new framework in support of the Euro

  

  Managing Director Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) showed strong support of the European Central Bank's new framework for intervention in the Euro zone debt crisis, deeming Thursday’s action 'an important step toward strengthening stability and growth.'

• Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 01:12 UTC

  Merkel, Hillary and Rousseff the three most powerful women, says Forbes

  

  Forbes magazine ranked German Chancellor Angela Merkel the most powerful woman in the world for the second year in a row in the annual list dominated by politicians, businesswomen and media figures. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton placed second, followed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, making the top three spots unchanged from last year.

• Friday, July 27th 2012 - 02:52 UTC

  IMF Western Hemisphere director Eyzaguirre resigns; takes CEO job in Chilean television channel

  

  IMF western hemisphere director, Chilean national Nicolás Eyzaguirre, resigned to his post Thursday in order to become the CEO of Chilean Canal 13 network. The International Monetary Fund confirmed the news and added that the official will leave his responsibilities immediately.

• Saturday, July 21st 2012 - 00:16 UTC

  Senior economist “ashamed” of having worked for IMF; blasts power-play

  

  A senior economist at the International Monetary Fund spearheading the bailouts of three Euro zone countries has lambasted its lack of leadership and said its first female chief is not fit for the job.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 18:56 UTC

  IMF praises Germany; suggests more stimuli to a tepid performing US economy

  

  An IMF report revealed that the German economy’s performance has been remarkable despite facing considerable headwinds and that the US recovery “remains tepid and subject to elevated downside risks.”

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:30 UTC

  Countries boost IMF emergency funding to 456 billion dollars

  

  Nations from around the world firmed up their commitments to provide emergency resources for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) designed to deter the spread of crises and increase the institution’s lending capacity to help countries in financial trouble.