Christine Lagarde

Update to: Eurozone Crisis: Are the Europeans sorting it out? – Christine Lagarde Though I haven’t read the Greek papers: To my untrained eye the letters seem like the dagger and stars that in my childhood denoted foul language in the comics. So here is from The socialist party chairman Evangelos Venizelos: -          Lagarde ”has insulted the Greeks “. -          ”I encourage her to check and consider what she wanted to say.” The radical left Alexis Tsipras: -          His countrymen already...Read Full Story

The moral weight of Christine Lagarde's matronising of the Greeks to pay their taxes is not strengthened by the fact that, as director of the IMF, she is in receipt of a tax-free annual salary of $468,000 (£298,000, plus perks). John WeeksRead Full Story

The Guardian: Interview with Christine Lagarde CEO of IMF. Quote: She has travelled the world asking countries to contribute to a firewall fund, but several have asked – not unreasonably – why they should have to pay for Europe’s mistakes, when Europe is still richer than most of the world. Does the eurozone crisis matter more to their own interests than they realise? “Oh, I think they realise it,” Lagarde says quickly, sounding deadly serious. “There has not been a capital I have visited in...Read Full Story

–Washington Meeting Follows Tsy Official’s Meetings in Madrid By Denny Gulino WASHINGTON (MNI) – Spain’s deputy prime minister has been called the most powerful woman in the conservative government and her meeting Thursday afternoon with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is occurring amid world speculation about whether Spain will try to access the capital markets to recapitalize its ailing banks. The Treasury Department has so far had no comment on the meeting other than to announce it is...Read Full Story

–Haven’t Received Request for Aid From Spain WASHINGTON (MNI) – The International Monetary Fund is not working on any plans for loans to Spain, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Thursday. In response to a question about a story published by the Wall Street Journal saying the IMF was planning financial assistance to Spain, Lagarde said, “There is no such plan. We have not received any request to that effect and we are not doing any work in relation to any financial support...Read Full Story

For those of you ignorant of the real history of the origins of the 2nd World War, you should know that it was Jewish Bankers, angry at Germany's decision to take control of their own financial affairs, that made World Jewry declare war on Germany in 1933. It took them a little longer to persuade Great Britain to fight the war on their behalf in 1939 but they finally succeeded and they have been getting us to fight their other illegal foreign wars ever since. Remember we declared war on...Read Full Story

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is backtracking from recent remarks that she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country’s economic problems and austerity measures.Read Full Story

Telegraph.co.ukIMF chief Christine Lagarde warns on cost of Greek exit from euroTimes of IndiaATHENS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned of "extremely expensive" consequences were Greece to leave the euro zone, a once taboo possibility that European leaders have begun to discuss openly after the nation descended into political chaos.Merkel's real fear is that an exit from the Euro will be good for GreeceDaily MailEuropean equities down for third dayIrish TimesNikkei set to fall, pricing in...Read Full Story

Political leaders in Athens rounded on IMF chief Christine Lagardeon Sunday for branding Greeks tax-dodgers as parties went on the campaign trail for next month’s elections. Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos accused Lagarde of trying to “humiliate” the debt-stricken country, which is facing its second election in six weeks seen as crucial to the future of the eurozone. Radical left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras, whose Syriza party is one of the two top contenders for the June 17 vote...Read Full Story

CNNIMF's Lagarde Says Greek Euro Exit Would Be ExpensiveBloombergInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said a Greek exit from the euro area would be “extremely expensive” and hard. Still, the IMF has to be “technically prepared for anything because it's our job,” she said in an interview ...Greek deadlock pushes commodity prices downEconomic TimesInvestors flee the euro for the dollarChannel News AsiaIMF Chief: IMF Conducted Technical Review Of Possible Greece Euro...Read Full Story