IMF

Eurozone economies are in critical danger and in dire need of expansive quantitative easing measures from the ECB, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff report.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its forecasts for UK GDP growth for both this year and next as it warns of a "ratcheting up" of financial market and sovereign stress in the eurozone periphery.

The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its US GDP forecasts and warned the nation's economic recovery remains fragile.

A €100bn deal to shore up Spain's banking sector has boosted the euro and financial markets.

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Furious Greek citizens have attacked Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after she accused some of "trying to escape tax."

Chancellor George Osborne has said the UK government is making contingency plans for a Greek exit from the euro as the crisis in the region reaches a "critical" point.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Christine Lagarde, has urged the UK to consider introducing more quantitative easing and cut interest rates.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised an additional $320bn (£199bn) in a bid to boost its firepower to deal with the eurozone debt crisis.

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