International Monetary Fund

...overarching risk is that the recovery stalls" owing to early exits from record-low interest rates and massive state cash injections, the IMF said in a report to coincide with a meeting of G20 finance ministers in St Andrews. "Premature exit...

In this article: Recession, Balance sheet, Unemployment, Bank of England, US Federal Reserve, Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain, and United States

In a document prepared for a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers in Scotland, seen by Reuters, the IMF said the global recovery was still fragile and dependent on the massive injections of public money around...

In this article: Alistair Darling, Anders Borg, China, Scotland, Japan, and Climate change

...for a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers in Scotland and seen by Reuters, the IMF stressed the fragility of global recovery, saying it was largely dependent on government and central bank support. "One of the key...

In this article: Alistair Darling, Scotland, U.S., Climate change, Japan, and G8

...presidency, Jean Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, has also backed a single European seat on the IMF board. The Washington-based IMF works to ensure the stability of the world economy and acts as lender of last resort to governments that...

In this article: European Union, Jean Claude Juncker, World Bank, Britain, Peterson Institute for International Economics, and Washington

...economy, a spokeswoman for the Fund said on Thursday. A review would help pave the way for Argentina to return to global debt markets. IMF economic reviews, known as Article IV consultations, are typically conducted annually in each of...

In this article: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Argentina, Financial crisis, Asia, Singapore, China, and Recession

* IMF projects widening fiscal deficits in major economies * IMF says too early in recovery to adjust fiscal policy * Emerging markets seen tightening fiscal policy in 2010 (Clarifies details on interest rates, paragraph 4) By Lesley...

In this article: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, South Korea, Australia, and Sweden

...strength, such as China, India and Brazil, have long complained of U.S. and European dominance at the IMF. The United States is the IMF's largest shareholder. The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, welcomed the transaction with the...

In this article: India, China, Washington, United States, World War II, Reserve Bank of India, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Germany, and Brazil

...an ounce and that the transaction would be paid in hard currency and not in IMF Special Drawing Rights. NO MARKET DISRUPTION A senior IMF official, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to say whether other central banks have...

In this article: China, Reserve Bank of India, India, Beijing, Bimal Jalan, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Asia

...the gold and the transaction would be paid in hard currency and not in IMF Special Drawing Rights, the IMF's internal unit of account. The IMF official declined to say whether other central banks have expressed interest in buying the...

In this article: India, China, Reserve Bank of India, Beijing, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn

...gold, importing between 700 and 800 tonnes of the metal every year or 20 percent of global demand. A senior IMF official said that the IMF was "lucky" in selling the 200 tonnes to India for roughly 1,045 US dollars an ounce, compared with...

In this article: India, Reserve Bank of India, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Washington, Germany, and United States