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IMF chief says it is too soon to hold back on stimuli

02.10.09
World governments must carry on injecting stimuli into their economies, the head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said... more

Recession worst is yet to come, IMF warns

15.06.09
The worst of the global economic crisis may be yet to come, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned... more

£5 billion gilts sale to test confidence in UK economy

15.06.09
The British Government has hired Barclays, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and RBS to sell a bumper £5 billion of gilts this week... more

Climbdown by IMF in row over bailout cost

22.04.09
A furious row erupted between the Treasury and the International Monetary Fund over projections from the world finance watchdog, threatening to throw Alistair Darling’s Budget into disarray... more

World facing first post-war economic fall

10.03.09
The International Monetary Fund warned that the global economy will shrink this year for the first time since the Second World War, and dubbed the slump The Great Recession... more

IMF welcomes Eastern Europe plan

27.02.09
Finance: The International Monetary Fund said it welcomed the joint package by three global banks to help eastern European banks and businesses, and would continue to support crisis countries on a macroeconomic level... more

Burning issue for banks as eastern Europe faces a full-scale crash

20.02.09
Analysis: Necks are craning eastwards to spot the next stage of the global financial crisis... more

Pressure on Lloyds to copy RBS and cut back bonuses

18.02.09
Lloyds Banking Group is under pressure to curb bonuses in the wake of the Royal Bank of Scotland's agreement to reduce payouts... more

IMF may need more cash for poor nations

12.01.09
Economics: The International Monetary Fund says it may need another $150 billion to help save emerging markets and poorer countries from disaster in the global economic recession... more

Bank hawk Besley in warning on deflation

22.12.08
Bank of England hawk Tim Besley moves to calm fears about deflation but warns that the UK economy has entered "uncharted territory"... more

The cost of the PM's tax cuts

17.11.08
WITH ONLY a week to go before the Chancellor's pre-Budget report, ministers are angry that the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has predicted a sterling crisis... more

Mandelson: Tax and spend will end fear over economy

17.11.08
Britain's economy is gripped by "fear" which can be overcome by next week's tax-and-spend giveaway, Lord Mandelson said... more

Hungary given an IMF lifeline

27.10.08
Economics: The International Monetary Fund says it has reached broad agreement on an economic rescue package for Hungary, soon after unveiling a plan to lend £10 billion to Ukraine.... more

Playing away from home - c'est normale!

24.10.08
The International Monetary Fund chief and former French finance minister, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has apologised for "an incident concerning me and a staff member"... more

Don’t go it alone, warns head of IMF

06.10.08
The head of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared to criticise Germany for breaking ranks with fellow European countries over the credit crisis... more

IMF sounds the alarm bells over worldwide slump

09.04.08
IMF warns America will slump into recession after "largest financial shock since Great Depression"... more

IMF to sell off £5.5bn of gold as price hits a peak

08.04.08
The International Monetary Fund is proposing to sell 403.3 tonnes of gold for about $11 billion... more

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