IMF board to meet for informal session about Argentina -spokesperson
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund will meet for an “informal information session” on…
IMF stands by yuan view; says China could need stimulus if trade war worsens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Friday stood by its assessment that the value of China’s yuan was…
IMF says ready to aid Congo in Ebola crisis if needed
FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside its headquarters in Washington, September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo…
IMF’s Lagarde says U.S.-China trade war could be risk for world economic outlook
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director and Chairwoman of the International Monetary Fund, delivers a speech during a high-level forum on debt…
Mnuchin says hopes U.S.-China trade talks nearing ‘final round’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday a U.S.-China trade agreement would go “way beyond” previous…
World Bank board elects U.S. Treasury’s Malpass as next president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – David Malpass, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the World Bank, won unanimous approval from the…
U.S. to seek currency chapters in trade talks with Japan, others: Mnuchin
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday that Washington wants to include a provision…
Mnuchin says U.S. will seek currency provision in trade deal with Japan, others
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday Washington would like to include a provision…
China echoes IMF pledges to avoid using currency as trade war tool
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – China’s top central banker on Saturday pledged to keep the yuan currency’s value “broadly stable,”…
IMF members pledge to avoid using currencies as trade weapon
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday its members pledged to refrain from competitive currency…
Justin Trudeau and IMF’s Christine Lagarde on gender equality at Women in the World summit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde speak on gender equality at the Women in the…
Ghana economy: IMF checks to stay in place after bailout package
Ghana does not intend to completely sever its relations with the IMF. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said Ghana will continue…
Greece now a “normal” eurozone country, says Moscovici
Greece now a “normal” eurozone country, says EU Finance Commissioner Moscovici. … READ MORE … source
Euro zone budget could be conditional on discipline: IMF’s Lagarde
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) – IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that a proposed joint euro zone budget could…
Perspectives November 2012: China-Japan relations
Can the strained ties between China and Japan get any worse? China and Japan enjoy deep economic ties but Tokyo…
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim: The VICE News Interview
Twenty years ago, Jim Yong Kim was an activist calling for the abolition of the World Bank. Today, he’s its…
Keiser Report: Fox News Boo Fail (E124)
This time Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, talk about China regulating reincarnation and the US Air Force seeking virtual…
Davos kicks off with good and bad news
The World Economic Forum opens with a warning that global economic growth is picking up, but mainly benefiting the super-rich.……
‘Very bad news for dollar’: Bucks slipping as world’s reserve currency
The biggest energy deal in history could be the catalyst that leads to the greenback losing its place as the…
Japan may soften trade stance as U.S. keeps up pressure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite calls to resist protectionism and for the United States to rejoin a multilateral trans-Pacific trade pact,…
Treasury chief may visit China as trade tensions simmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday he may travel to China, a move that could…
World Bank says shareholders endorse capital increase
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Saturday its shareholders had endorsed a $13 billion paid-in capital increase, a…
‘Hegemonic corporations scared as BRICS plan bank to rival IMF’
A new global bank is being born in South Africa – where the world’s top emerging economies are meeting. The…
Keiser Report: Paper Money Collapse (E297)
In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss all hell breaking loose as an electronics chain store stockpiles…
Grexit ‘domino effect’ will kill single currency – ‘Father of Euro’ to RT
Across the European countries who share a currency, the debts are piling up, and the emergency bailout fund is quickly…
Keiser Report: Reform = Crime To Favor Wall St. Crooks (E293)
In this episode, Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, discuss the 99% knocking on Timmy Geithner’s door looking for ‘reform’…
World bank on African countries debts stock [Business Africa]
IMF on Africa’s debt The International Monetary Fund has raised concerns about the debt burden of some African countries between…
In Yuan We Trust: ‘China calls shots as creditor, US role fading’
China has accumulated enough financial resources to induce borrowers US and EU to share power, argues Arvind Subramanian, senior fellow…
Interview- Christine Lagarde
Amid lingering global economic risks, the managing director of the international monetary fund, Christine Lagarde, has called on global policymakers…