Tag: Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 06:44 UTC

  Australia, Canada and most of Latam support Mexican candidate as IMF chief

  

  Australia and Canada said they support Mexican central bank Governor Agustin Carstens for the top job at the International Monetary Fund over his rival Christine Lagarde, the French finance minister.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 15:42 UTC

  Brazil insists with an emerging economy Managing Director for the IMF

  

  Brazil’s former Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim said that the next IMF Managing Director must come from an emerging economy if Dominique Strauss-Kahn, currently in custody in New York on alleged rape charges finally looses his job.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 15:21 UTC

  Potential candidates to succeed Strauss-Kahn as head of the IMF

  

  Dominique Strauss-Kahn, (DSK) the head of the International Monetary Fund, may be forced to leave his post after being accused of trying to rape a maid in his New York hotel room. IMF is currently under John Lipsky Acting Managing Director.

• Friday, March 4th 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  Strauss-Khan describes IMF/Argentina relation as ‘romance” with love-hate periods

  

  The IMF relation with Argentina is like romance with its ups and downs, said IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan who added he trusted that the IMF technical mission that will be visiting Argentina to help elaborate a new retail prices index would achieve “significant advances”.

• Friday, March 4th 2011 - 01:52 UTC

  Brazil, the seventh economy of the world and ready to overtake France and UK

  

  Brazil announced Thursday it has become the world’s seventh economy after having expanded 7.5% in 2010, the strongest in 24 years. Brazil’s GDP now stands at 2.1 trillion US dollars with a per capita income of 11.185 USD.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2011 - 05:46 UTC

  IMF chief praises Uruguay, cautions good times are not for ever

  

  IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan praised the management and achievements of the Uruguayan economy and said it was a pleasure to visit a country that does not have major problems resulting from the 2008 global financial crisis, which is a “recurrent issue” of his busy agenda.

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 03:02 UTC

  Latin America: Making the Good Times Better

  

  By Dominique Strauss-Kahn - Latin America has enjoyed tremendous economic dynamism and a rising quality of life in recent years. But, faced with new challenges, the question is: how best to sustain this progress?

• Thursday, February 17th 2011 - 22:30 UTC

  IMF head scheduled to visit Uruguay and Brazil next March; skips Argentina

  

  IMF Managing Director is scheduled to visit Uruguay next month where he will meet President Jose Mujica and his economic team before flying to Brazil. Dominique Strauss-Khan will arrive in Uruguay from Panama and is not scheduled to visit Argentina, according to Uruguayan government sources.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 00:37 UTC

  French conservatives attack IMF Strauss-Khan who is eyeing Sarkozy’s post

  

  France's economy minister Tuesday urged IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to stay at the global lender, as French conservatives sought to impede his potential bid for the French presidency next year.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 00:30 UTC

  IMF calls for Yuan and SDRs to play greater role in global finance

  

  IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the currencies of China and other emerging economies such as Brazil should play a greater role in global finance, as part of a bid to promote monetary stability