Media taboo shielding political elite had kept IMF chief’s record in realms of gossip until the alleged sex assault in New York.
Socialist party official says her daughter was left traumatised after alleged attack by IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2002.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged on Sunday with sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is expected to be arrested and charged overnight with an alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid.
The International Monetary Fund chief has warned that the re-emergence of global imbalances could be a threat to stability.
Abandoning his perch above the IMF to plunge back into French politics is a delicate decision for Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
The head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said on Thursday that the debt crisis in Europe should not be underestimated.
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/ 2 November 2010
IMF director general tells a human development forum that the recent global crisis cost 30-million jobs worldwide.
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/ 18 October 2010
The head of theIMF has warned central bankers the global recovery would be "in peril" if the world’s major economies do not keep working together.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still not prepared to resume lending to Zimbabwe, citing concerns about the country’s political situation.
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/ 23 November 2009
The head of the IMF said on Monday that although the worst
The worst of the financial-sector crisis is over, although the impact on the broader economy will likely drag on in coming months, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Thursday. "There are good reasons to believe that the largest part of disclosure in financial institutions has been done," he said.
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/ 22 January 2008
Stocks plummeted across the world on Monday amid fears of a global recession, with markets in Europe suffering their biggest one-day losses since the September 11 attacks on the United States. Dealers said a major new plan by President George Bush to prevent a United States recession was not enough to offset the stream of bad news from banks.
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/ 22 October 2007
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Rodrigo Rato, warned on Monday there are risks of an "abrupt fall" in the dollar, linked to a loss of confidence in dollar assets. "There are risks that an abrupt fall in the dollar could either be triggered by, or itself trigger, a loss of confidence in dollar assets," Rato told the IMF board of governors.
The global credit squeeze is a "serious crisis" that is not over yet and will have an impact on government budgets, International Monetary Fund (IMF) outgoing head Rodrigo Rato said in an interview published on Monday. IMF managing director Rato said: "Policymakers should not think that the problems will stay at the desk of the bankers."