IMF-World Bank

  • Jun 16, 2011
  • 7 min read

Greece's reformist government faces confidence crisis

Prime Minister George Papandreou reshuffles his government today and will seek a parliamentary...

Greece
  • Jun 16, 2011
  • 2 min read

ECB is unlikely to punish senior bondholders

Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said yesterday that senior IMF officials support Ireland's...

EU
  • Jun 15, 2011
  • 6 min read

OECD markets can be riskier than emerging economies

Companies have a variety of reasons for making cross-border investment decisions....

International
  • Jun 15, 2011
  • 2 min read

IMF warns Russia about rising risk of stagnation

GDP will grow only modestly and the momentum for reform will stagnate, the IMF's mission chief in...

Russia
  • Jun 13, 2011
  • 7 min read

Natural disaster prevention rises up the global agenda

Natural hazards will continue to exact a toll in deaths and damage to property, but there is...

International
  • Jun 13, 2011
  • 2 min read

Fischer has solid IMF credentials, but faces hurdles

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer on Saturday announced his candidacy for IMF managing...

IMF-World Bank
  • Jun 8, 2011
  • 7 min read

Greece's large debt makes default seem more attractive

Greece could become the euro-area's first insolvent state, German Finance Minister Wolfgang...

Greece
  • Jun 8, 2011
  • 2 min read

Premature policy tightening threatens recovery

Global economic growth will slow down from 3.9% last year to 3.3% in 2011, before increasing to...

International