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The Age
| 7 months ago
Greece is slogging through a sixth year of recession and waves of salary and pension cuts imposed since 2010 have failed to restore public finances to health. Advertisement There have been protests against a new wave of austerity measures coming to...
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International Herald Tribune
| 7 months ago
Even as talks with international creditors stalled, the Greek prime minister expressed optimism Monday that an agreement would be reached that would end once and for all speculation that the country will leave the euro currency union. After this deal...
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Japan Times
| 7 months ago
Staff writer Cutting public debt while encouraging economic growth will be vital in stabilizing the global economy, which is showing a slower than expected recovery, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Friday.
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Al Jazeera English
| 7 months ago
30 Protesters have been rallying against austerity economic measures and corruption in Greece. [Reuters] German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rebuffed a call by the International Monetary Fund to give cash-strapped Greece more time to clean up its...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
Austerity is hurting growth IMF chief: U.S. fiscal cliff a concern Chinese official leaves IMF meeting IMF economist on global risks Rehn told CNN "(Schauble) has a point. The EU cannot be making swift turns, rather it is a convoy and you have to...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Antonis Samaras during her fraught visit to Athens this week. Rex Features The eurozone and the International Monetary Fund are engaged in a dangerous game of brinkmanship over how to respond to a Greek bailout that is going off the rails.
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The New York Times
| 7 months ago
Germany held firm on Friday in insisting it was too soon to say that Greece deserved more time to meet its budget-cutting goals, even as the head of the International Monetary Fund laid out the case for leniency. The slow progress toward debt reform...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Europe Debt Crisis But on Friday in Tokyo, during a televised debate hosted by the BBC, the pair at the centre of a four-person panel played down suggestions that there were fundamental differences between them. When asked whether Greece should be...
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The Nation
| 7 months ago
In her opening speech at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings which started today, she said that to achieve the brighter future, it is necessary to putting the current crisis behind, complete reform of the financial sector; and address inequality and...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 7 months ago
Latest first Oldest first Auto update: On Off Updates: CNN is also focusing on the growing divisions between the IMF and the eurozone over austerity. Its correspondent, Andrew Stevens , writes from Tokyo: The EU will produce its own conclusions about...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 7 months ago
Sacrificing growth for the sake of austerity could put the entire world economy in jeopardy, the head of the International Monetary Fund told global financial leaders Friday, calling for medium-term work to bring down debt levels and urgent action to...
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Khaleej Times
| 7 months ago
IMF chief Christine Lagarde, speaking to reporters as the IMF and World Bank held annual meetings in Tokyo, praised recent steps taken by the European Central Bank and European governments, but said more needs to happen, and faster. Finance ministers...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Canada tentatively backed on Thursday the International Monetary Fund 's call for giving debt-burdened Greece and Spain more time to reduce their budget deficits . The IMF said this week too much austerity , too quickly could make it harder for an...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
Greece, Spain and the euro zone's slow progress toward debt reform take center stage at IMF meetings on Friday despite Europe 's best effort to remove itself from the spotlight. The International Monetary Fund recommended that some of Europe's debt-...
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Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
11 October 2012 In a sharp policy U-turn, the IMF says heavy budget cuts may not always be the best way of steering indebted countries out of difficulty. International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde yesterday voiced further concerns about the...
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Reuters
| 7 months ago
Topics International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a debate program of seminars at the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank Group in Tokyo October 11, 2012. Greece, Spain and the euro zone's slow progress...
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The Independent
| 7 months ago
News in pictures Suggested Topics The International Monetary Fund has urged Europe to ease on its programme of austerity and give the likes of Spain and Greece more time to sort out their debts. At the IMF conference in Tokyo, managing director...
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CNN
| 7 months ago
Coca-Cola Hellenic, the world's second biggest bottler of Coke, is moving its headquarters out of Greece, dealing a symbolic blow to the crisis-stricken eurozone economy. The company is Greece's biggest by market value ($7.6 billion) but generates...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 7 months ago
Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Greece should be given an extra two years to meet its budget targets, publicly wading into euro-zone officials' politically sensitive bailout discussions...Lagarde also said the IMF can be...
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Pak Tribune
| 7 months ago
The annual meeting of IMF-World Bank has started in Tokyo from Tuesday wherein Finance Ministers from 188 countries including Pakistan are participating along with their delegations. Pakistan's economic team is likely to hold sideline meeting with...
