Tag: Christine Lagarde

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 01:41 UTC

  IMF chief wants “constructive dialogue” with Argentina but warns about stats

  

  The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said on Thursday that she wants a “constructive dialogue” with Argentina, while at the same time warned that she is not willing to make any “concessions” in terms of the quality of official data the IMF receives from member countries.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 22:17 UTC

  IMF re-activates resource pool of 571 billion for another six months

  

  The International Monetary Fund re-activated this week a 571 billion dollars resource pool to ensure it has funds to help cover Europe's worsening sovereign-debt crisis. The IMF extended activation of its so-called New Arrangements to Borrow for a six-month period from October.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 19:02 UTC

  IMF calls for joint political leadership to break vicious circle of weak growth

  

  The head of the International Monetary Fund today urged advanced countries to take bold, coordinated action to break a vicious cycle of weak growth and high debt that threatens the global economy and has been worsened by dysfunctional politics.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 18:52 UTC

  Lagarde to Mantega: BRIC offer should not be limited to EU safe bonds

  

  The International Monetary Fund hopes investments in European bonds by the fast-growing BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies are not limited to less risky government bonds such as German or British bonds, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said in an Italian daily on Wednesday.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:11 UTC

  Italy approves austerity plan; IMF says now “measures must be implemented”

  

  The Italian parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to a much-altered austerity plan aimed at stemming a debt crisis engulfing the euro zone's third largest economy.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 02:05 UTC

  G8 and Mid East pledge 38bn dollars for Arab spring transition to democracy

  

  Western and Middle Eastern governments pledged to help Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Jordan make the transition to democracy, mobilizing 38 billion dollars of financing, mostly through international lending organizations.

• Saturday, September 10th 2011 - 06:22 UTC

  IMF chief calls on economic leaders to act with “conviction and urgency”

  

  Policymakers in advanced economies should use all available tools to boost growth, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Friday, calling for bold action to weather a “dangerous new phase” of recovery.

• Sunday, September 4th 2011 - 23:48 UTC

  IMF calls on Europe and the US to stimulate economic growth

  

  IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in an interview released that Europe and the United States should consider stimulating economic growth, if the situation permits, to offset a crisis of confidence hitting the global economy.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 00:53 UTC

  IMF slashes growth forecasts for US and Euro zone; warns against higher rates

  

  The IMF has slashed its growth forecasts for the United States and said the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank must be ready to ease policy.

• Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:30 UTC

  “Macroeconomics policies must support growth” warns IMF chief Lagarde

  

  The new head of the IMF urged global policymakers to pursue urgent coordinated action, including the mandatory recapitalization of European banks, or risk descent into renewed world recession.