Tag: International Monetary Fund

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Beijing claims economy growth picks up after seven years, but there are doubts about Chinese stats

  

  China's economy grew by 6.9% in 2017 according to official data - the first time in seven years the pace of growth has picked up. The figure beats Beijing's official annual expansion target of about 6.5% and is good news for the global economy since China's impact and the better-than-expected data is likely to cheer investors around the world.

• Friday, April 19th 2013 - 05:46 UTC

  Argentina begins Washington round of contacts ahead of IMF-WB spring meeting

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino is in Washington ready to start his official activities in the margins of the 2013 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meeting.

• Monday, April 1st 2013 - 09:38 UTC

  IMF board of directors continues to support Christine Lagarde

  

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, whose Paris apartment was searched by police March 20 in a case involving businessman Bernard Tapie, retains the backing of the board of directors, an IMF spokesman said.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 05:37 UTC

  Topsy-turvy inflation numbers from Argentina’s official stats office

  

  More bad publicity for Argentina’s official Stats office, Indec: not only are the institution’s releases on inflation taken lightly or ignored by a majority of Argentines and openly questioned by the International Monetary Fund, now the head of the office was caught driving under the influence of alcohol.