International Monetary Fund

To win, Romney needs a strategy for China

2012-07-30 03:00:00

China should be at the center of the 2012 Republican campaign for the White House. Unless Mitt Romney emphasizes specific solutions for creating jobs by ending unnecessary outsourcing to the Middle Kingdom, he won't win. President Barack Obama's...

Rachel Marsden: The world isn't buying Europe's nonsense

2012-06-28 00:00:00

As European leaders meet this week in an attempt to once again shoo reality away from the continent's respirator, countries outside the European Union are making it increasingly clear that they'll have no role in prolonging the charade. Cyprus has just...

Exports fuel Baltimore's, nation's economic growth

2012-03-12 08:00:00

Today marks the second anniversary of President Barack Obama's National Export Initiative (NEI), an ambitious effort to double U.S. exports by the end of 2014 and support millions of American jobs. In 2011, U.S. goods and services exports reached a record...

Do your thing

2011-08-11 12:52:00

Dear President Obama, We suspect you are well aware that certain members of your government will do whatever it takes to insure your presidency fails even if the entire system of government as we know it fails. So long as you continue to attempt...

War, misogyny, brutality distant memories in the universe next door

2011-09-12 07:43:00

In my parallel universe — the one that still sustains me in hope, the one where fear is rarely a thought — the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over and done, and the young man from Missouri who sat next to me on a plane would be more...

'Perp' walk: Unfair to defendants?

2011-07-18 03:00:00

For defendants in high-profile criminal hearings, the so-called "perp walk" is one of the more distasteful traditions of American jurisprudence. The news media are alerted to a time and location when the alleged perpetrator will be walked to the...

Dominique Strauss-Kahn accuser tells her story to ABC's Robin Roberts

2011-07-24 18:33:00

The New York hotel maid who says she was sexually assaulted by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former chief of the International Monetary Fund, has broken her silence in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts that will air Monday on "Good Morning America." In...

Austerity measures squeeze Greece too hard

2011-06-30 12:44:01

The Greek parliament approved a $113 billion austerity package that had been demanded by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund as a condition for receiving a $17 billion installment of the $160 billion "bailout" package negotiated last...

Geithner said to consider departure from Treasury

2011-06-30 16:24:56

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has signaled to White House officials that he's considering leaving the administration after President Barack Obama reaches an agreement with Congress to raise the federal debt limit, according to three people...

Chris Wallace to Ron Paul: 'You're being taken more seriously by the media'

2011-05-15 23:24:00

Two GOP presidential candidates appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows yesterday: Newt Gingrich was on "Meet the Press" and Ron Paul appeared on "Fox News Sunday."� While NBC's David Gregory basically accused Gingrich of being a racist, Paul...

FACTBOX-Likely candidates to replace Bernanke at U.S. Fed in 2014

2013-06-19 15:07:02

June 19 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ducked questions on Wednesday about his desire to stay at the helm of the U.S. central bank once his term ends, after suggestions from the White House that he might be ready to go. President...

Euro zone wrangling may cost Greece 2 bln euros in 2013: sources

2013-06-19 10:02:02

BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - European foot-dragging could leave Greece short of 2.0 billion euros ($2.7 billion) this year as some euro zone creditors are reluctant to roll over their Greek debt holdings, Greek and euro zone sources involved in the...

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, delivers remarks on the U.S. economy during a press conference in Washington.

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund and former French finance minister, arrives at a Paris court for questioning by a judge in a case involving a $366-million payout to a businessman and supporter of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group spring meetings in Washington, D.C.

2013-04-19 00:00:00