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IMF urges Fed, central banks to monitor stimulus

...signs of asset price bubbles yet.The global stability report was released in advance of spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington this week.The IMF's warning echoes recent debates among Federal Reserve policymakers, who have pursued...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-17/imf-urges-fed-central-bank
Dems lied to push agenda

...being bailed out/funded by the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.The IMF decision will be made by a French woman. France elected a socialist. The French love Obama's policies!

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-07-04/dems-lied-push-agenda
Jim Yong Kim is chosen to lead World Bank, keeping US hold on top post at development agency

...chosen to be the next president of the World Bank. His selection extends the U.S...selected Monday in a vote by the World Bank's 25-member executive board...selection marks a break from previous World Bank leaders who were typically political...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-04-16/jim-yong-kim-chosen-lead-w
Frenchwoman takes over IMF

...to the end of World War II, a European has always lead the IMF and an American has run its sister organization, the World Bank.Lagarde helped lead negotiations for a bailout package last year that combined European Union and IMF funds in a pool...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-06-28/frenchwoman-takes-over-imf
Plan your week

...hearing on the U.S. credit rating downgrade.FRIDAY: Annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, through Sunday; Meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 nations.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2011-09-18/plan-your-week
Eurozone finance ministers try to beef up rescue fund, give Greece $10.7 billion cash lifeline

...refinanced before May, according to Barclays Capital.A failure of the euro would lead to drastic consequences around the world. Bank lending would freeze, stock markets would likely crash, European economies would go into a freefall and the U.S...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-11-29/eurozone-finance-ministers
Venezuela to pay Exxon Mobil $255 million after arbitration decision

...Patrick McGinn wrote in an e-mail.Exxon Mobil still has another arbitration case pending against Venezuela before the World Bank-affiliated International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID.McGinn said the latest arbitration...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-01-02/venezuela-pay-exxon-mobil-
Jim Kim: Obama makes surprise pick for World Bank

...President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. It was a surprise pick aimed in...founding in 1944.The 187-nation World Bank focuses on fighting poverty and promoting...international aid agency, urged the World Bank to welcome a genuine debate about...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-03-24/jim-kim-obama-makes-surpri
French official jumps in ring

...The IMF has traditionally been run by a European, the World Bank by an American.The United States is trying to navigate...the United States would likely have to give up the World Bank presidency. Analysts say that prospect, in part, makes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-05-25/french-official-jumps-ring
Greece confident of landing billions to solve debt crisis

...powers such as China, India, Brazil and South Korea.In response to the rising clout of such nations as China, the World Bank on Sunday approved a realignment of its voting shares, which boosted China into the No. 3 spot behind the United States...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2010-04-25/greece-confident-landing-b
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