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ThinkstockIt is a shame that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can only suggest solutions to the European financial crisis and the devastation of jobs and economic recession that has come in its...
ThinkstockGreece may have made some economic progress, but it has not made enough for its major financial supporters to claim it is worthy of more bailout money. That is the conclusion of a statement...
ThinkstockItaly is economic trouble, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That conclusion is obvious, as is the usual refrain that only a quickening of reforms can pull the nation out of...
ThinkstockIn the latest version of its World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts global economic growth of 3.3% in 2013, rising to 4% in 2014. Economic growth in 2012...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is about to join the parade of individuals and institutions adopting a dimmer view of the 2012 global economy. In a speech today in Washington, the IMF’s...
A report from the so-called ‘troika’ — the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund — on Greece’s ability to repay its debt may be delayed until...
When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still say the economy is in...
The European Union and the European Central Bank (ECB) can no longer just kick the can down the road if they hope to solve the financial crisis in the Eurozone. That’s the conclusion of the...
In one of the periodic updates to its 2012 World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today that global economic growth in 2013 will decline from a previous estimate of 4.1%...
At a meeting in New York this morning, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) CEO Rex Tillerson said that his company is “losing our shirts” on natural gas production. Did he just notice that prices have...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published its preliminary findings following its meetings with Spanish officials. The outcome is neither unexpected nor good news for Spain. First the IMF...
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, in a speech today said that the two prevailing views of how to repair the faltering global economy is neither to adopt a...
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a speech today encouraged European governments to support the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) efforts to double its cash on hand and build an even...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is considering lowering its estimate of future Chinese trade surpluses in the next World Economic Outlook due later this month. The IMF’s current forecast...
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said yesterday that the threat to the euro and the eurozone has been met for the time being and that the next battle to...