FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Apr 15, 2012

IMF Plan To Raise New Funds Pushing Tensions To A Boil Huffington Post World finance leaders gathering in Washington next week will focus on proposals for countries to contribute more money to the IMF so it is better prepared in case of a fallout from any further escalation of Europe's debtcrises. See all stories on this topic »

IMF chief Christine Lagarde will struggle to bag more funds for a 'firewall' Telegraph.co.uk Furthermore, a crisis in Italy, or indeed Spain, would threaten the global economy all over again. A “safety net” would allay such fears. It has been a baptism of fire for Lagarde, France's formerfinance minister who was appointed after the disgraced ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

CSC announces intention to reimburse deducted wages Minivan News This reduction in civil servant pay was introduced by the previous government in an attempt to manage a financial crisis back in 2009. The initial deduction, agreed between the Finance ministry and the CSC, was only due to last for three months until ... See all stories on this topic » Minivan News

The single currency has arrived at a three-pronged fork in the road The Guardian (blog) Instead, the euro has led to a widening gulf between rich and poor, and this has been brutally exposed by the financial crisis and its aftermath. It became clear that the countries on the periphery of the eurozone had a cocktail of problems. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

IMF funds drive caught in global power shift Pakistan Daily Times World finance leaders gathering in Washington next week will focus on proposals for countries to contribute more money to the IMF so it is better prepared in case of a fallout from any further escalation of Europe's debtcrises. See all stories on this topic »

Eurozone crisis roars back to savage Spain Daily News & Analysis "How happy I am a solution to the Greek crisis, which has weighed on theeconomic and financial situation in Europe and the world for months, has been found." Just when you hoped it really was "solved", the eurozone crisishas roared back on to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Pranab leaves for US to attend Fund-Bank meetings Apr 17 Daily News & Analysis Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be leaving on a five-day visit to the US on Tuesday to attend the IMF-World Bank annual spring meetings, which among other things, will deliberate on increasing resources of the IMF ... See all stories on this topic »

China gives currency more freedom with new reform NDTV China took a milestone step in turning the yuan into a global currency on Saturday by doubling the size of its trading band against the dollar, pushing through a crucial reform that further liberalizes its nascent financial markets. See all stories on this topic »

DAN ATKINSON: Let's count our blessings over IMF plan This is Money By Dan Atkinson For George Osborne and fellow financeministers, this week's gathering of the International Monetary Fund in Washington ought to be a breeze – a few days' rest and relaxation in spring sunshine. After all, the fund was set up in ... See all stories on this topic » This is Money

Burdened with dept reloaded Anarkismo.net Very briefly, our point of view is that the aggravation of the protracted capitalist reproduction crisis had been postponed by a certain politics of money that had led to a relative autonomisation of finance capital and a closer interaction between ... See all stories on this topic » Anarkismo.net

IMF plays a very unlikely hero to those struggling to pay mortgages Irish Independent A wedding invitation is regarded as a "crisis". A doctor's visit will put them "over the line" on their household budget and, as for the household charge, they can't afford to pay it. "My fear is what it will become next year," she said. See all stories on this topic »

Breathing space to improve balance of payments Sunday Times.lk By Nimal Sanderatne The release of another tranche of US$ 426.8 million of the IMF US$ 2.6 billion standby facility provides the country a breathing space to come out of the balance of paymentscrisis. It gives the country time to adjust policies to ... See all stories on this topic » Sunday Times.lk

Greg Mankiw Hides the Role of Government in Redistributing Income Upward Business Insider The over-valuation of the dollar is another deliberate policy that had its origins in Robert Rubin's high dollar policy, with the muscle provided by the IMF in its bailout of East Asian countries from their financial crisis in 1997. See all stories on this topic »

We support, not takeover companies - AMCON boss The Nation Newspaper By Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf 12 hours 6 minutes ago Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, Managing Director, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has over 26 years experience in international finance. Before his appointment at AMCON, he was the Managing ... See all stories on this topic »

Zaradri to attend Nato summit next month in Chicago The News International Finance Minister Hafiz Shaikh will dash to Washington Wednesday next where he will have follow up meetings with the stalwarts of the department of the Treasury, IMF, USAID and other relevant departments. Hafiz Shaikh will also have meetings with some ... See all stories on this topic »

Egypt's 4% growth Zawya (registration) Deutsche Bank reckons Egypt's crisis is essentially a result of a sudden reversal in capital inflows due to lack of confidence in politics and question marks handing over economic policy. "Egypt does not have a structural balance of payments problem ... See all stories on this topic » Zawya (registration)

New Year Blues:Government mismanaging the economy unlike Kandiah's grocery store! The Island.lk (subscription) The former People's Bank Chairman and one of the two drafters (Hector and Bernard Soysa who were both named as 'outsiders in the Finance Ministry' by Felix Dias in parliament after the LSSP was expelled from the UF government) of NM's budgets, ... See all stories on this topic »

IMF chief Christine Lagarde urges US to give more cash to fight ... IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has implored the US to help ...Christine Lagarde has asked IMF members to give her $500bn in extra funds to fight financial crises ... But at a fraught meeting of finance ministers and central bank chiefs in ... "No member country has ever lost money by contributing to IMF resources ... www.telegraph.co.uk/.../IMF-chief-Christine-Lagarde-urges-U...

FINANCE - IMF needs less new money for crisis than previously ... The International Monetary Fund said it probably needs less new money forcrisis intervention than previously thought, crediting action by the eurozone for the ... www.hurriyetdailynews.com/imf-needs-less-new-money-for-c...

IMF needs less money to fight crisis — RT Give us more money to fight the crisis has been IMF's mantra for the last year, ... countries to provide financial help too, says Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. rt.com/business/news/imf-lagarde-money-crisis-980/

Lagarde: IMF May Need Less Money for War Chest Speaking before meetings of finance chiefs in Washington on April 20-21, IMF... by discussions on new IMF resources, growing concerns Europe's crisiscould ... www.moneynews.com/FinanceNews/lagarde-imf/.../435738

IMF' s Lagarde calls for swift action on financial risks - CNN Money Last month, eurozone finance officials announced plans to boost their crisisresources to €700 billion by combining two bailout funds. The IMF had called for a ... money.cnn.com/2012/04/12/markets/lagarde-imf/index.htm

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