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...to begin exiting from fiscal support," it said. It is not just the UK's AGBP175 billion budget deficit for 2009-10 that worries the IMF but the debt burden stretching out over future years. It sees that approaching 100 per cent of GDP by...

In this article: Inflation, International Monetary Fund, UK, Tax, Bank of England, US Federal Reserve, Recession, and Mervyn King

...currency in our caucus," Pelosi said. Britain urged other governments earlier this month to consider a bank tax as a way to fund future bailouts, and France and Germany have also called for a bank tax. The International Monetary Fund is...

In this article: Tax, Nancy Pelosi, Wall Street, Timothy Geithner, John Larson, U.S., Derivative, Unemployment, NYSE, and Nasdaq

The G20, which includes major industrial powers such as the U.S., Japan and Britain as well as more recently developed economies such as China and India, has the potential to promote "strong, sustainable and balanced growth," Carney said.

In this article: Mark Carney, China, Canada, Foreign Policy Association, Bank of Canada, International Monetary Fund, G7, U.S., and Ottawa

UK interest costs 'equal to entire Transport bill' The extra interest taxpayers will have to pay on the national debt in future years is equivalent to the entire Transport budget, the International Monetary Fund said in an unusual direct...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, Tax, and Gordon Brown

...countries. The loan disbursements were repeatedly delayed over disputes on how Iceland should compensate the U.K. and Dutch governments over reimbursements to depositors who lost funds in Icelandic online bank Icesave. More In Economy

In this article: Iceland, International Monetary Fund, Icesave, and U.K.

UK sends officials to Washington to drum up IMF support for Tobin Tax Gordon Brown has sent two senior Treasury officials to Washington in an effort to win the International Monetary Fund round to the controversial idea of a tax on all...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, Tax, James Tobin, Washington, Timothy Geithner, Oxfam, and Gordon Brown

Britain hopes to win the backing of France, Germany and other supporters of a so-called "Tobin tax," to persuade the IMF's managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to climb down after he appeared to rule out the idea last weekend.

In this article: Tax, International Monetary Fund, Gordon Brown, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Washington, Edinburgh, Revenue, and Global warming

...UN meetings and has done so on several occasions. The Daily Telegraph reported last week that Britain's seat on the board of International Monetary Fund is also facing questions, as some economists say there should be an EU seat instead.

In this article: European Union, UN, United Nations Security Council, Franco Frattini, Italy, Britain, Lisbon, Javier Solana, and Francesco Paolo Fulci

...milking the UK oil and gas industry to near breaking point. Sir Ian said: "North Sea oil and gas probably saved Dennis Healey's mid-70s UK from the International Monetary Fund. "It's no exaggeration to say that our industry, with some...

In this article: Ian Wood, UK, North Sea, Tax, Aberdeen, Wood Group, and Dennis Healey