Christine Lagarde

IMF chief Christine Lagarde's shockingly offensive remarks regarding the Greek depression--which has been deepened and prolonged by IMF/EU-imposed austerity measures--have sparked a firestorm of protest on Facebook. Click here for the story.Her hypocrisy--she claims to have great concern and sympathy for poor African schoolchildren, whose plight she compares with the problems of comparatively well-off Greeks--is frankly nauseating in light of...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde regrets upsetting Greeks in remarks she made contrasting Greece's plight with that of poorer Africans, the IMF has said. But as Greeks vented anger online, including in a popular Facebook website titled "Greeks are against ...  

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde's description of Greeks as rampant tax dodgers has provoked a furious reaction in Athens  

FURY erupted last night after it emerged that international finance chief Christine Lagarde pays no tax on her £350,000 a year salary and perks package. The head of the International Monetary Fund is paid on a tax-free basis because of the global nature ...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde wants the people of Greece to pay their taxes. The problem? She doesn't really pay taxes herself. "As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time," Lagarde ...  

Several days after she drew international condemnation for claiming Greece's economic difficulties could be resolved if its citizens paid their taxes, it has emerged International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde does not pay tax on her salary. Christine Lagarde is entitled to pay no tax under the terms of the Vienna convention (Picture: Reuters) Ms Lagarde pays no taxes on her $467,940 (£299,100) annual salary...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde wants the people of Greece to pay their taxes. The problem? She doesn't really pay taxes herself. "As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time," Lagarde ...  

The head of the International Monetary Fund who controversially proposed that struggling Greeks should pay taxes contributes nothing herself ... the argument dates back to the moment the IMF was created at the Bretton Woods economic conference in 1944.  

While Christine Lagarde has been busy lecturing the Greeks about their chronic tax collection issues, it transpires the International Monetary Fund boss does not pay any tax on her own $467,940 annual salary - inflation-linked and topped up annually - plus ...  

??can be merciless, and the IMF is political even if it's not a country. IMF chief??Christine Lagarde??suggested in an interview with UK?s Guardian??that the Greeks should pay their taxes. It turns out Ms. Lagarde?legitimately?doesn't pay them herself. In fact, her IMF salary of $467,940 plus an $83,760 additional allowance is not subject to any taxes. ...  

FURY erupted last night after it emerged that international finance chief Christine Lagarde pays no tax on her £350,000 a year salary and perks package. The head of the International Monetary Fund is paid on a tax-free basis because of the global nature ...  

While Christine Lagarde has been busy lecturing the Greeks about their chronic tax collection issues, it transpires the International Monetary Fund boss does not pay any tax on her own $467,940 annual salary - inflation-linked and topped up annually - plus ...  

as Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria met the global lender's chief Christine Lagarde. '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 ...  

While Christine Lagarde has been busy lecturing the Greeks about their chronic tax collection issues, it transpires the International Monetary Fund boss does not pay any tax on her own $467,940 annual salary - inflation-linked and topped up annually - plus ...  

While Christine Lagarde has been busy lecturing the Greeks about their chronic tax collection issues, it transpires the International Monetary Fund boss does not pay any tax on her own $467,940 annual salary - inflation-linked and topped up annually - plus ...  

Friday's horrendous interview with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde calling on the Greek people to pay their taxes, continued to provoke waves of angry reactions, not only in Greece but worldwide. Her ...read more  

The Greeks have had years of having fun and shirking taxes, but now it is payback time, Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned.  

Labour's Chuka Umunna has claimed the head of the IMF would not make comments "unhelpful" to George Osborne because he sponsored her for the job. The shadow business secretary also told the BBC's Sunday Politics that Christine Lagarde was "not ...  

Telegraph.co.ukGreeks facing 'payback time' for tax-dodging, IMF chief Christine Lagarde saysTelegraph.co.ukThe Greeks have had years of having fun and shirking taxes, but now it is payback time, Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund has warned. By Katherine Rushton In a stern message to the crisis-hit country, Ms Lagarde said she ...IMF head Lagarde: Tax-shy Greeks 'must help themselves'BBC NewsIMF chief has more...  

The International Monetary Fund's boss, Christine Lagarde, made a lot of Greeks very angry with an interview she gave The Guardian on Friday. Essentially, Lagarde said she has very little sympathy for the Greeks and that if they want to solve ...  

Letters, emails, commentsI don't accept the justification Christine Lagarde gives for the punishment of the Greek people. Yes, there are people in Niger both poorer and more innocent of causing the global crisis, but there are also people in the world's banks who are far richer and far, far more culpable – and Lagarde says nothing about punishing them.Rob WallBedfordChristine Lagarde shows the paucity of the IMF's understanding of the origins...  

Venizelos welcomed Lagarde's Facebook message, after telling an election rally: "Nobody can humiliate the Greek people during the crisis." "I say this today ... has warned that Greece may run out of money by the end of June if international ...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in an interview last week that Greeks were tax dodgers and not doing enough to restore their country on sound fiscal footing. Lagarde told The Guardian that Greeks “are trying to escape tax all the time.” Following the ...  

WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund's top official has expressed regrets for comments about Greeks' suffering during their debt crisis. Managing Director Christine Lagarde told Britain's The Guardian last week she has more sympathy ...  

Christine Lagarde, the IMF chief made the comments which many Greeks may not relish, during an interview to the Guardian newspaper. Lagarde was of the opinion that Greeks have to pay their taxes and if children are being affected by the austerity measures ...  

In a statement after the talks, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde denied a news report that said the IMF was preparing financial assistance to Spain. "There is no such plan. We have not received any request to that effect and we are not doing any ...  

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IMF chief Christine Lagarde has retreated from her remarks branding Greeks tax dodgers after thousands of angry messages were posted on her Facebook site, the Telegraph reported today. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper published Saturday, the ...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde's uncompromising description of Greeks as rampant tax dodgers has provoked a furious reaction in Athens less than a month before the crisis-hit country heads to the polls. With Greece mired in ever-worsening recession, created ...  

After the meeting with Mr. Saenz, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde denied a media report that ... euro EUR/USD-I to a two-year low against the dollar on Thursday. A Dow Jones news report, quoting unnamed officials, said the IMF was in talks with ...  

IMF head Christine Lagarde on Friday said citizens must begin ... both of which support pursuing the austerity policies handed down by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in exchange for massive bailout aid. The anti-austerity party ...  

In a stern message to the crisis-hit country, Ms Lagarde said she has more sympathy for poverty stricken children in sub-Saharan Africa than she does for those in Athens, and called for Greek citizens to take responsibility if they are worried about their ...  

By DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The International Monetary Fund says Managing Director Christine Lagarde is expressing regrets for her comments about Greek suffering amid the country's debt crisis. Lagarde told Britain's The Guardian ...  

After IMF head Christine Lagarde provoked international furore by insulting Greeks laboring under severe austerity, she has been accused of hypocrisy over her tax-free salary of $467,940. The French woman opined "As far as Athens is concerned, I also think ...  

Investors are also concerned about Spain's need to recapitalize its troubled banks, though IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde denied late on Thursday that the IMF was preparing financial assistance for Spain. The MSCI world equity index ...  

The IMF said it was not discussing a rescue loan program with Spain, as Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria was to meet the global lender's chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday."The IMF is not drawing up plans that involve financial assistance for Spain. Nor has Spain requested financial support from the IMF," spokesman Gerry Rice told journalists.The meeting between the two is "to discuss recent economic developments in...  

LONDON -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. Making clear that the IMF has no plans to ...  

LONDON: IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned on Wednesday of the risk of "contamination" if Greece quits the euro and said the eurozone might therefore see the value of paying more to keep Greece in. The International Monetary Fund managing ...  

Political leaders in Athens rounded on IMF chief Christine Lagarde for branding Greeks tax-dodgers as parties went on the campaign trail for next month's elections. Political leaders in Athens rounded on IMF chief Christine Lagarde for branding Greeks tax ...  

Lagarde, with her air of hyper-competence and faultless grooming, is doubtless a less heartstring-tugging figure ... of the country’s current problems. Avoiding taxes which you are obliged by law to pay is not the same as taking on an extremely important ...  

Reports of International Monetary Fund (IMF) president Christine Lagarde not paying tax on her 350,000 pounds a year salary have caused wide spread outrage. Taxpayers in IMF member states, including ...  

"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," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a statement after the talks. Irish voters seemed set to ...  

I’m not quite as bowled over by IMF chief Christine Lagarde as the BBC’s Robert Peston seems to be, but I’m an admirer — and I’m finding it hard to shake off a mental image of her as a teenage member of the French synchronised swimming team.  

IT was called her "Let them eat cake" moment. Now Greece will be saying: "Make her pay tax". The IMF chief Christine Lagarde was accused of hypocrisy today after it emerged that she pays no income tax – just days after blaming the Greeks for causing ...  

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned that growth in the British economy is too low and that theChancellor should ease his austerity measures if the recovery fails to materialise. She said: "Unfortunately the ...  

LONDON - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. Making clear that the IMF has no plans to relent on its austerity requirements for the country,  

Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, has come under fire from politicians in Greece for suggesting that Greeks do not pay their taxes. Lagarde is a hugely unpopular figure with the Greek public, being one of their chief paymasters ...  

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While it hasn't hit our Spat Watch level just yet, tensions between Greece and the current head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, are starting to heat up.  As I have said many times before, I am very sympathetic to the Greek people ...  

Oh, ffs, stop distorting facts. That's not her "tax arrangements" but part of her contract. And part of the contracts of diplomats, eurocrats and almost any- and everybody else ...  

Officials in Greece are blasting Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, over her zero income tax bill after her criticisms that Greece’s massive tax evasion are behind the country’s fiscal collapse. Speaking last week to ...  

Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, pays no taxes. The Guardian today reveals that: As an official of an international institution, her salary of $467,940 (£298,675) a year plus $83,760 additional allowance a year is not subject to any taxes. . . The ...  

Spokesman Gerry Rice told a news briefing that IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde will meet Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria for talks later on Thursday. "The IMF is not drawing up plans that involve financial ...  

Christine Lagarde, the IMF boss who caused international outrage after she suggested in an interview with the Guardian on Friday that beleaguered Greeks might do well to pay their taxes, pays no taxes, it has emerged. As an official of an international ...  

With 27,000 mostly critical comments on her official Facebook page, IMF chief Christine Lagarde has posted a clarification on her comments in a newspaper interview that Greeks must "help themselves" by all paying taxes. It later emerged she does not pay tax on her own salary.  

IMF boss provokes fury on social media after attack on 'people in Greece trying to escape tax' Talking Point LAST UPDATED AT 14:45 ON Mon 28 May 2012 THE HEAD of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has been forced to clarify comments she made which suggested Greece's economic woes might be the result of people failing to pay tax, after coming under fire on Facebook, in the media and from...  

LONDON: IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on Tuesday for the eurozone to do more to support growth and suggested governments in the euro-area accept more common liability for each other's debts. "We consider that more needs to be done ...  

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was forced to express sympathy for the Greek people after politicians and irate locals vilified her for saying the country was a nation of tax dodgers. After being bombarded on her Facebook page with 10,000 ...  

Ms Lagarde was forced to publish an embarrassing climbdown on her Facebook page over the weekend after being bombarded by hundreds of Greek people who felt insulted by her suggestion that the country’s crisis was partly due to “all these people in ...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde probably wants this one back: She infuriated Greeks last week by asserting that a big part of the nation's financial crisis is "all these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax." It's time for this nation of tax-dodgers to pay up, she declared. After...  

That being said, the latest comments from IMF chief Christine Lagarde seem like a deliberate provocation designed to get the Greek voters to shift in one direction or another. In a Guardian interview, she agreed that it's "payback time" in Greece and that ...  

The head of the International Monetary Fund enjoys a tax-free income of £350,000, it has emerged days after she attacked Greeks for failing to pay their taxes. Christine Lagarde provoked a furious backlash after blaming Greece’ economic plight on ...  

But IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde later denied the report. "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," Lagarde said in a statement. Fears about ...  

CHRISTINE Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said that she had more sympathy for children in Africa than austerity-hit Greeks, who could help themselves by paying their taxes. In an interview with The Guardian, the managing ...  

LONDON (AP) — The managing director of the International Monetary Fund says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. In an interview published in the U ...  

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. Asked whether she worried about the economic and social impact ...  

LONDON — The managing director of the International Monetary Fund says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country’s economic problems and austerity measures. In an interview published in the U.K.’s ...  

Christine Lagarde says Greeks "trying to escape tax" Says children in Africa need more help than Greeks Greece's economy kept afloat by loans from IMF THE managing director of the International Monetary Fund says she has more sympathy for poor African ...  

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. Making clear that the IMF has no plans to relent on its austerity ...  

The insulting remarks directed at Greeks by the IMF's head Christine Lagarde continue to reverberate, directing contempt and derision on Lagarde herself. Critics are vocal from Greece, France and the U.K., uniting her critics in support for Greece.  

That slot is now occupied by Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, due to her comments that Greeks should pay their taxes, and that it is now ‘payback time’ for the debt-addled nation. Lagarde has been reviled by Greek politicians and has received ...  

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Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund managing director who provoked an angry reaction from the Greek people after telling them to pay their taxes, does not pay tax on her own salary. “I also think about all those people who are ...  

Little kids in Niger "need even more help than the people in Athens" says Christine Lagarde. Photo: AFP THE International Monetary Fund managing director, Christine Lagarde, has more sympathy for children deprived of decent schooling in sub-Saharan Africa ...  

The head of International Monetary Fund warns that a Greek departure from the eurozone would be extremely expensive and not just for the Mediterranean country.  

Anger Over Christine Lagarde’s Tax-Free Salary (Independent) Lagarde was accused of hypocrisy yesterday after it emerged that she pays no income tax – just days after blaming the Greeks for causing their financial peril by dodging their own bills. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund is paid a salary of $467,940 (£298,675), automatically increased every year according to inflation. On top of that she receives an allowance...  

Christine Lagarde, the IMF boss who upset Greeks last week when she lectured them about paying their taxes,  pays no tax on her salary and benefits of  $550,000. Lagarde got herself in hot water on Friday when Britain’s The Guardian printed an interview in which she expressed little sympathy for the plight of the Greek ...  

Christine Lagarde has warned that Greece can expect little sympathy from the International Monetary Fund on its bail-out terms, and called for its citizens to "help themselves" out of the financial crisis by "paying their tax".  

they shout and wave, seeing the former Pasok heavyweight as the man guiding Tsipras in his alleged quest to become an Andreas Papandreou Mark II ... this one about IMF chief Christine Lagarde. “Lagarde opens window for re-negotiation”, the paper ...  

Chuka Umunna said IMF boss Christine Lagarde was not likely to make critical comments about the UK government as Chancellor George Osborne "sponsored her for this job." The shadow business secretary said she was "not necessarily an oracle" and was "not the ...  

LONDON — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under ... my mind all the time… I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.”  

The French government spoke out on Sunday against comments by International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde suggesting that Greeks were dodging taxes."I find (Lagarde's comments) rather simplistic and stereotypical," government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem told French television after the IMF managing director's comments last week outraged Greece.  

In an interview published in the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, Christine Lagarde said "I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger...sharing one chair for three of them. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens."  

Perhaps it is the suggestive way in which Christine Lagarde talks of the need for a “harmonised approach to bank recapitalisation”, or how she makes an appeal for “effective fiscal disciplinary standards” sound like a summons to le boudoir.  

ATHENS: 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.  

IMF Chief Christine Lagarde may have put herself at the heart of the fast unfolding Greek debt story with a series of stinging criticisms of the Greek tax payer. Will she recover?  

THE head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Greeks to pay their taxes, saying she is more concerned about sub-Saharan Africans in poverty than Greeks hit by the economic crisis. IMF MD Christine Lagarde told the Guardian newspaper in an ...  

Greece's socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos accused the IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday of trying to humiliate the country. His comments come after Lagarde had urged Greece to "help themselves" by "paying their taxes".  

IMF Chief Christine Lagarde has found herself suddenly at the heart of the fast unfolding Greek debt story. Thousands of people ... That’s why the IMF is supporting Greece in its endeavor to overcome the current crisis and return to the ...  

Ms Lagarde said the institution had carried out technical preparations for the eventuality that Greece may leave the eurozone. "We at the IMF had to be technically prepared for anything, because it is our job. But I'm not suggesting, you know, that this is ...  

Telegraph.co.ukGreece must accept 'price' of being euro member, says IMF chief Christine LagardeTelegraph.co.ukGreece must accept that being part of the eurozone "has a price", said Christine Lagarde, head of International Monetary Fund. Christine Lagarde said 'somebody has to pay the price' of Greece's unmanageable debts. Photo: PA By Amy Wilson There is an ...IMF calls on Bank of England to 'cut interest rate to zero' to boost UK's ...Daily...  

Greek web users have waged Facebook war against IMF head Christine Lagarde after she accused their countrymen of dodging taxes. The French managing director of the International Monetary Fund received more than 10,000 messages, many of them obscene ...  

The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, is keeping up the pressure on Greece to fix its finances. In an interview with the BBC, Ms Lagarde said there had to be more tax collection and structural reform. That is despite the deep unpopularity of austerity ...  

LONDON (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. Making clear that the IMF has no plans to relent on its austerity requirements for the country, Lagarde said she was aware that many Greeks were strugglin...  

You are crossing the road, a little absent-minded. About two-thirds of the way, you become aware of oncoming traffic. And right then, in that moment of panic, instead of speeding up to the safety of the near pavement, you freeze. Or, even worse, you try to ...  

The GuardianChristine Lagarde: Time is running out for George Osborne's Plan AThe IndependentGeorge Osborne must adopt an economic "Plan B" and slow the pace of public spending cuts if the British economy remains weak, the International Monetary Fund warned the Chancellor yesterday. The managing director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, ...IMF calls on UK to do more to boost economyBusinessWeekUK should consider tax cuts, says IMFAberdeen Press...  

ROBERT Peston, the BBC's business editor, admitted on air to being charmed by the "seductive" head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde. Mr Peston, who is normally the broadcaster's straight-talking expert on the economy, was left fumbling for words while ...  

"So when she studies the Greek balance sheet and demands measures she knows may mean women won't have access to a midwife when they give birth, and patients won't get life-saving drugs, and the elderly will die alone for lack of care – does she block all of that out and just look at the sums?" ""No, I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them...  

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been forced to express sympathy for the Greek people after politicians and irate locals vilified her for saying the country is a nation of tax dodgers. After being bombarded on her Facebook page with ...  

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As Greeks prepare to head to the polls once again in three weeks, international criticism of the country is intensifying. International Monetary Fund (IMF) Manager Director Christine Lagarde on Friday said Greek citizens must begin paying their taxes, while a member of the German cabinet referred to Greece as a "bottomless pit". It's not often that world markets react to pre-election political surveys in countries the size of Greece...  

Sefa FMI, Christine Lagarde, afirma, intr-un interviu pentru The Guardian, ca are "mai multa simpatie fata de copiii din Africa Subsahariana care nu au posibilitatea sa mearga la scoli decente decat fata de multi dintre grecii care se confrunta acum cu saracia". Lagarde atrage atentia o data in plus, in interviu, ca FMI nu intentioneaza sa relaxeze pachetul de masuri de austeritate impus Atenei. Sefa FMI a facut una dintre cele mai taioase...  

Greek web users waged Facebook war against IMF head Christine Lagarde on Sunday after she accused their countrymen of being tax dodgers.Keep on reading: Greeks wage Facebook war vs IMF chief  

Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director, told the Guardian in an interview last week that the Greeks are little more than rampant tax-dodgers. She also told the paper she had more sympathy for poverty-stricken ...  

CHRISTINE LAGARDE, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has used her Facebook page to insist she is “very sympathetic to the Greek people”, while reiterating that its elite must pay their fair share of taxes. Ms Lagarde’s post ...  

The head of Greece's socialist party, Evangelos Venizelos, described IMF chief Christine Lagarde's comments as being "unacceptable and offensive", saying that he was glad she was forced to change them after drawing an angry reaction from Greeks.  

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 ...  

Are you smitten?” is not a question Robert Peston can often have been asked. More usually perhaps: “How bad will it get?” or “Should I buy tinned goods and build a bunker in my garden?”  

International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde says that all austerity-hit Greeks should help to improve their country’s financial situation by paying their taxes. "I think they [Greeks] should also help themselves collectively…by all paying ...  

Mr Peston, who is normally the broadcaster's straight-talking expert on the economy, was left fumbling for words while discussing Mrs Lagarde on Radio 4's PM programme. The 52-year-old journalist was discussing the IMF's scrutiny of the British economy and ...  

LONDON (Reuters) - Perceived differences between France and Germany over how to solve Europe's debt crisis are "largely overstated", International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in an interview published on Friday. Asked whether there was no ...  

The Bank of England should cut interest rates, print more money and ease the regulatory pressure on banks as part of a radical set of measures to return Britain to recovery, the International Monetary Fund has urged. In an unusually alarmist annual assessment of the UK, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said that "growth is too slow and unemployment too high, and policies to bolster demand before low growth becomes entrenched are needed...  

It was the soundbite of the chancellor's dreams. The head of the IMF said that when she looked back at the UK's deficit in May 2010 and imagined there being no plan to reduce it "I shiver". This came after Christine Lagarde had backed "the ...  

ALEX BRUMMER: IMF officials think that all kinds of things should be considered, from cutting VAT temporarily to a break on National Insurance and mending roads.  

LONDON (Reuters) - Perceived differences between France and Germany over how to solve Europe's debt crisis are "largely overstated", International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in an interview published on Friday. Asked whether there was no ...  

LONDON (AFP) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned on Wednesday of the risk of 'contamination' if Greece quits the euro and said the euro zone might therefore see the value of paying more to keep Greece in. The International Monetary Fund ...  

LONDON: The head of the International Monetary Fund on Friday urged Greeks to pay their taxes, saying she is more concerned about sub-Saharan Africans in poverty than Greeks hit by the economic crisis. Christine Lagarde told the Guardian ...  

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she was sensitive to the plight facing Greece, while reiterating that the wealthy must pay their fair share of taxes. The comments, posted on Facebook, came a day after Lagarde ...  

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna tells the BBC "you're not going to get Christine Lagarde... being unhelpful to George Osborne who sponsored her for this job".  

Deutsche WelleFacebook fury prompts Lagarde Greece clarificationDeutsche WelleThe managing director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, has issued a statement on Facebook seeking to explain comments made in a newspaper interview. This response followed an online offensive from unhappy Greeks. The International Monetary Fund's top ...and more »  

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she was sensitive to the plight facing Greece, while reiterating that the wealthy must pay their fair share of taxes. The comments, posted on Facebook, came a day after Lagarde ...  

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde tells FRANCE 24's Marcus Karlsson that even an "orderly" Greek exit from the eurozone would pose great risks, but still remains an option if the country's "budgetary commitments are not honoured".  

Strong messages from the head or the IMF, the head of Deutsche Bank, and the president of the Bundesbank are highly likely to drive Greek voters away from New Democracy and Pasok in the June 17 elections.The Guardian writes It's payback time: don't expect sympathy – Lagarde to Greeks.The International Monetary Fund has ratcheted up the pressure on crisis-hit Greece after its managing director, Christine Lagarde, said she has more sympathy for...  

The head of the International Monetary Fund has said Greeks should "help themselves collectively" to lift their country out of the debt crisis. In an interview with the UK-based Guardian newspaper, Christine Lagarde, said she was more concerned ...  

International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde has said the people of Greece can help get themselves out of their economic problems by paying their taxes.  

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Mister Burns, er, a freakishly tan IMF chief Christine Lagarde gave a fascinating interview on, among other things, her views about the Greek debt crisis.Here's a great excerpt:So when she studies the Greek balance sheet and demands measures she knows may mean women won't have access to a midwife when they give birth, and patients won't get life-saving drugs, and the elderly will die alone for lack of care – does she block all of that out and...  

As Greeks prepare to head to the polls once again in three weeks, international criticism of the country is intensifying. IMF head Christine Lagarde on Friday said citizens must begin paying their taxes, while a member of the German cabinet referred to Greece as a "bottomless pit."  

Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, said Britain had done well with its programme to cut its budget deficit so far but "unfortunately economic recovery has not taken hold". The global financial watchdog said more could be done to reduce pay for public ...  

For starters, I like Christine Lagarde and have a lot of respect for her. Unlike her fellow G8 financial ministers, she was brutally honest when it came to the banking crisis. Lagarde criticized when the others all changed the subject. Appointing her to the IMF following the Strauss-Kahn fiasco was a good move. Her latest interview with The Guardian though is troubling for me and while...  

LONDON, May 26 (UPI) -- The managing director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde said Greeks could do their country a favor by paying their taxes. "As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are ...  

LONDON — IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Tuesday that Greece's left will have to face tough fiscal measures even if they reject the austerity requirements that come with the country's bailout program. Speaking to British broadcaster ITV, Lagarde said ...  

Strong messages from the head or the IMF, the head of Deutsche Bank, and the president of the Bundesbank are highly likely to drive Greek voters away from New Democracy and Pasok in the June 17 elections. The Guardian writes It's payback time: don't expect sympathy – Lagarde to Greeks. The International Monetary Fund has ratcheted up the pressure on crisis-hit Greece after its managing director, Christine Lagarde, said she has more sympathy...  

Perhaps it is the suggestive way in which Christine Lagarde talks of the need for a "harmonised approach to bank recapitalisation", or how she makes an appeal for "effective fiscal disciplinary standards" sound like a summons to le boudoir.  

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Once again we have got the wrong person in the job. • So Christine Lagarde tells us that, for the sake of their children, Greek "parents have to pay their tax"? Personally, I can't judge how many Greek parents are to what extent in tax arrears.  

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IMF Chief Christine Lagarde says there are "more tools to be used" by the Government to stimulate the UK economy, including quantitative easing, and increased support for households. There are more tools that can be used. The government can use ...  

After being bombarded on her Facebook page with 10,000 messages, Christine Lagarde took to the social networking site to say she was ''very sympathetic to the Greek people and the challenges they are facing''. Despite the emergence of a new Facebook page ...  

The IMF ratcheted up the pressure on crisis-hit Greece when IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde yesterday said she had more sympathy for children deprived of decent schooling in sub-Saharan Africa than for many of those facing poverty in Athens.  

LONDON May 21 (Reuters) - British finance minister George Osborne and International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde gave a news conference on Tuesday, following the publication of the IMF's Article IV report on the British economy.  

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for deprived children in sub-Saharan Africa than for many of those facing poverty in Greece. Greek parents have to take responsibility if their children ...  

Greece's socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is accusing the head of the IMF of trying to "humiliate" the Greek people. His comments come after Christine Lagarde told the Guardian newspaper that Greeks must help themselves by paying all their ...  

What will be the impact of François Hollande's election on France's role in NATO? What is NATO's withdrawal strategy from Afghanistan? And what impact will European defence cuts have on NATO’s operations? General Stéphane Abrial, NATO's ...  

IMF head Christine Lagarde has urged Greeks to pay taxes, saying she worries more about the plight of children in sub-Saharan Africa than the people of the crisis-hit European nation. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Ms Lagarde suggested it was payback time for Greece. Greece has pledged to implement tough austerity measures in return for a multi-billion euro bailout. But the deal is now under threat after inconclusive elections in...  

The GuardianGreeks Must Stop 'Trying to Escape Tax,' Lagarde Tells GuardianBusinessWeekBy Mike Harrison on May 26, 2012 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for deprived children in sub-Saharan Africa than for many of those facing poverty in Greece. Greek parents have to take ...It's Payback Time: Don't Expect Sympathy – Lagarde To GreeksHere Is The CityIMF Boss Lagarde Slams Greeks Over...  

When Christine Lagarde hit out at Greeks for not paying their taxes, Athens scholar Evi Malliarou agreed with the IMF chief's sentiment. Over the weekend Ms Lagarde told a newspaper she agreed that it was "payback time" for the many Greeks who see taxes as optional. Ms Malliarou said: "Rich people have many tools to renegotiate their taxes while poor people have to pay in full. I paid the state all my taxes in full, not instalments, even...  

The International Monetary Fund has ratcheted up the pressure on crisis-hit Greece after its managing director, Christine Lagarde, said she has more sympathy for children deprived of decent schooling in sub-Saharan Africa than for many of those facing poverty in Athens....   read more >  

Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made the following statement today at the conclusion of her visit to Istanbul, Turkey, where she met with the authorities and attended the 7th Investment Advisory ...  

After the IMF chief Christine Lagarde delivered the organisation's findings following its recent "mission" to examine the UK economy, George Osborne said the ... essential part of our road to recovery. "I welcome the IMF's continuing support for the ...  

Take responsibility and stop trying to avoid taxes, International Monetary Fund chief tells AthensThe International Monetary Fund has ratcheted up the pressure on crisis-hit Greece after its managing director, Christine Lagarde, said she has more sympathy for children deprived of decent schooling in sub-Saharan Africa than for many of those facing poverty in Athens.In an uncompromising interview with the Guardian, Lagarde insists it is payback...  

IMF head Christine Lagarde has urged Greeks to pay taxes, saying she worries more about the plight of children in sub-Saharan Africa than the people of the crisis-hit European nation. In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, Ms Lagarde ...  

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde has told ITV News that if growth in the UK is below target then at that point in time "fiscal easing should be considered". Ms Lagarde said that enterprises need to be able to ...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde said today that the euro zone had made a "serious improvement" in dealing with its crisis but called for member states to do more to support growth.  

Unless, it seems, that man is Robert Peston. The BBC's business editor became distinctly flustered on air as he discussed remarks made by Christine Lagarde, the glamorous head of the International Monetary Fund, on the UK's austerity measures. Peston ...  

Not only should Christine Lagarde know better, she does know better. When the head of the IMF agreed in this paper on Saturday that the crisis across southern Europe was "payback time", she contravened both common sense and her own arguments. Imprudent ...  

“The Greek population has made huge efforts. But they have more to do”, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in a BBC interview. She warned of the risk of "contamination" if Greece quits the euro and said integrity of the eurozone could be seen as worthwhile enough to keep supporting Greece.  

LONDON—International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde Tuesday called on euro-zone governments to accept more common liability for each other's debts, saying that the region urgently needs to take further steps to contain the crisis.  

Restoring solid, sustained and balanced growth is the central economic challenge facing the world today, said Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), emphasizing the importance of well paced, country-specific ...  

LONDON -- International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde Tuesday called on euro-zone governments to accept more common liability for each other's debts, saying that the region urgently needs to take further steps to contain the crisis.  

LONDON -- International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde Tuesday called on euro-zone governments to accept more common liability for each other's debts, saying that the region urgently needs to take further steps to contain the crisis.  

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde Tuesday called on euro-zone governments to accept more common liability for each other's debts, saying that the region urgently needs to do more to contain the crisis.  

Much ado about Christine Lagarde’s interview with the Guardian this morning — and understandably so. After all, the head of the IMF is normally so restrained and delicate, yet here she lets that drop. When it comes to Greece, she says, ‘I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education… I think they need...  

The insulting remarks directed at Greeks by the IMF's head Christine Lagarde continue to reverberate, directing contempt and derision on Lagarde herself. Critics are vocal from Greece, France and the U.K., uniting her critics in support for Greece.Read MoreRead | Permalink  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde commended the eurozone countries for the work they have done to try and ease the crisis, but stressed that there was a lot more work to be done. More needs to be done in supporting growth, in terms of structural reforms.  

Belfast TelegraphLagarde: Time is running out for Osborne's Plan AThe IndependentGeorge Osborne must adopt an economic "Plan B" and slow the pace of public spending cuts if the British economy remains weak, the International Monetary Fund warned the Chancellor yesterday. The managing director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, ...Leader: IMF sugars the pill – but it must be swallowedScotsmanClegg: Investment move 'not plan B'The Press...  

Fresh fears emerge that eruption of financial crisis will leave International Monetary Fund short of emergency cashChristine Lagarde is involved in a struggle to raise funds for the International Monetary Fund amid fears that a fresh eruption of the global financial crisis will leave the organisation short of emergency cash.The fund's managing director was lobbying hard for Britain and other developed nations that have yet to pledge money to...  

Christine Lagarde, pictured, head of the International Monetary Fund, said the Bank should ‘reassess' cutting rates below the current record low to reduce the cost of borrowing for businesses and homeowners.  

Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund was in London yesterday giving her assessment of the struggling UK economy. Speaking to Today presenter John Humphrys on the issue of Greece and the eurozone crisis she said the ...  

"Helft euch selbst und zahlt endlich Steuern!" Unverblümt sagt Christine Lagarde den Griechen die Meinung. In einem Interview gibt die IWF-Chefin jegliche diplomatische Zurückhaltung auf. Sie habe mehr Mitleid mit afrikanischen Kindern als mit Schülern in Griechenland.  

IMF: CUT TAX TO BOOST GROWTHThe International Monetary Fund has urged Britain to cut tax and interest rates to lift the economy out of recession. Christine Lagarde, the head of the IMF, said growth is too slow, adding: "Policies to bolster demand before low growth becomes entrenched are needed."IMF says UK should cut VAT and interest rates to weather euro shock EGYPTIANS VOTE FOR PRESIDENTEgypt's ruling ministry has insisted...  

ATHENS— 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.  

BBC NewsIMF tells UK to consider rate cut to boost growthBBC NewsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the UK's continuing economic weakness means authorities should consider more quantitative easing (QE) and even cutting interest rates. Managing director Christine Lagarde told BBC Radio 4's Today programme ...Lagarde urges the UK to consider further QEShareCastIMF calls on UK to cut interest ratesFT AdviserIMF warns Britain needs...  

Christine Lagarde, pictured, head of the International Monetary Fund, said the Bank should ‘reassess' cutting rates below the current record low to reduce the cost of borrowing for businesses and homeowners.  

In an interview published in the UK's Guardian newspaper on Saturday, Christine Lagarde said "I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger ... sharing one chair for three of them. Because I think they need even more help than ...  

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned of "extremely expensive" consequences were Greece to leave the euro zone, a once taboo possibility that European leaders have now begun to discuss openly. Echoing Zoellick's comments, Lagarde told ...  

PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that it was important to be technically prepared for the possibility of Greece leaving the euro zone, warning that its exit would be "quite messy". Asked in an interview on France 24 television ...  

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde told FRANCE 24 on Tuesday that even an "orderly" Greek exit from the eurozone would pose great risks but remains an option if the country's "budgetary commitments are not honoured".  

PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that it was important to be technically prepared for the possibility of Greece leaving the euro zone, warning that its exit would be "quite messy". Asked in an interview on France 24 ...  

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the UK to consider a fiscal stimulus as a back-up plan to its austerity drive amid warnings over the 'substantial contractionary shock' an escalation of the eurozone crisis would deliver to the British economy. Christine Lagarde and George Osborne arrive for a press conference at the Treasury in central London to discuss the IMF report (Picture: Getty) A report on the UK economy...  

The head of the world’s economic watchdog today delivered an extraordinary call for the Bank of England to slash interest rates even further to try to boost the economy. Christine Lagarde, of the International Monetary Fund, said the Bank should ...  

"Growth is too slow and unemployment, including youth unemployment, is too high," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said at a news conference. "Policies to bolster demand before low growth becomes entrenched are needed." The IMF chief ...  

AUSTRALIA'S renowned economic leadership will continue to extend its global influence in years to come, the head of the International Monetary Fund says. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde told the Global Foundation's Australian summit that the nation ...  

The election left no party with enough votes for a majority in parliament. Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Credit: Reuters International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said political leaders in ...  

International 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 ...  

International 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 ...  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde explained: “We at the IMF have to be technically prepared for anything, because it is our job. But I’m not suggesting that this is a desirable solution. I’m just saying this is within the range of multiple ...  

Grecia, Portugalia si Irlanda trebuie sa isi respecte obligatiile asumate in cadrul acordurilor de bailout, a declarat vineri Christine Lagarde, directorul Fondului Monetar International.  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political leaders in Greece need to show the resolve to stay in the euro zone, which will require Athens to stick to the terms of its rescue package, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday.  

IMF Chief: Turkey's Economy Is At 'Critical Juncture'Wall Street JournalWASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Turkey's economy is at a "critical juncture" and the country's strong current account surplus and inflation need "special attention," the head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday. IMF chief Christine Lagarde said a ...IMF chief praises Turkey's role in fundTrend.azReforms to Strengthen Economic Stability Will Help Turkey's Growth and...  

Unless, it seems, that man is Robert Peston. The BBC's business editor became distinctly flustered on air as he discussed remarks made by Christine Lagarde, the glamorous head of the ...  

But with hostility to EU/IMF-imposed austerity rising in Greece, speculation about a possible state bankruptcy and euro exit is rattling financial markets and will not go away. IMF chief Christine Lagarde said it was important to be technically ...  

ZURICH (AFP) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde called the growth-vs-austerity fight a 'false debate' on Monday and urged some flexibility for euro zone countries having trouble meeting fiscal targets. A day after elections in ...  

International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde says, 'bolster demand before low growth becomes entrenched'The IMF has urged George Osborne to start preparing an emergency package of tax cuts and spending increases as it called for further interest rate cuts and more electronic money creation from the Bank of England to lift Britain out of its double-dip recession.Expressing concern about weak growth and high levels of youth unemployment...  

The Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, will speak at the Treasury today about the economic challenges that are currently gripping the world, especially the eurozone crisis. The Home Secretary Theresa May will announce plans to ...  

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, said in a joint press conference with George Osborne, the chancellor, that the BoE had been "nimble" in its responses, easing monetary policy to support growth. However, she added: "Unfortunately ...  

Pe blogul Fondului Monetar international, Christine Lagarde, directorul general in exercitiu al FMI, si Anders Borg, ministrul de finante al Suediei, trateaza problema politicii fiscale in perioada de criza, oferind cateva lectii importante care pot fi desprinse din experientele altor state, precum Suedia si Canada.  

The head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, is keeping up the pressure on Greece to fix its finances. In an interview with the BBC, Ms Lagarde said there had to be more tax collection and structural ...  

WASHINGTON – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde praised Spain's latest moves to shore up the health of its banking system, endorsing requirements that Spanish banks set aside billions to cover potential losses. Lagarde ...  

WASHINGTON - Political leaders in Greece need to show the resolve to stay in the euro zone, which will require Athens to stick to the terms of its rescue package, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday.