Read more IMF stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5208/imf.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:22:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70716/student-chucks-shoe-at-imf-chief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA student journalist threw a shoe at IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn during his speech at Istanbul University today, but missed so badly that Strauss-Kahn didn’t even need a Dubya-style duck. The man shouted, “IMF, get out!” as he hurled the shoe, then ran toward the platform. Security guards swiftly tackled...http://www.newser.com/story/70716/student-chucks-shoe-at-imf-chief.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70713/imf-global-recession-is-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe global recession is over, the International Monetary Fund said today, revising its economic forecasts in response to Asian growth and more than $2 trillion in stimulus packages worldwide. The IMF now says the world economy is growing and will expand by 3.1% in 2010, with China growing at...http://www.newser.com/story/70713/imf-global-recession-is-over.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 5:37:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70280/g20-near-deal-to-open-economies-to-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe G20 is on the brink of a deal this morning that will require members to "peer review" one another's economic policies—a substantial shift that will expose the US and China to wider scrutiny from less wealthy countries. The new top table for international negotiation wants less American borrowing,...http://www.newser.com/story/70280/g20-near-deal-to-open-economies-to-scrutiny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 6:17:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62261/senate-oks-106b-for-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate today overwhelmingly passed a bill authorizing $106 billion to fund the nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Hill reports. It now goes to President Obama for his expected signature. The vote had been delayed by wrangling over how to keep detainee abuse photos under wraps. Yesterday, the...http://www.newser.com/story/62261/senate-oks-106b-for-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 17:08:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59058/army-sri-lanka-war-in-final-stage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sri Lankan government claims to be within 48 hours of capturing the last holdout of Tamil Tigers, as the Red Cross warned of "an unimaginable human catastrophe" for the tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone. Only a few hundred rebels remain in a two-mile-square mile...http://www.newser.com/story/59058/army-sri-lanka-war-in-final-stage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 6:49:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56968/imf-blame-europe-for-longer-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe European economy will sink deepest out of all global economies, bounce back slowest—and delay recovery for the rest of the world to boot, according to the IMF's latest forecast. The agency predicts the EU's economy—at $18 trillion, nearly a third of the world's total—will shrink 4%...http://www.newser.com/story/56968/imf-blame-europe-for-longer-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 5:41:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56889/imf-sees-global-economy-shrinking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world economy is likely to shrink this year for the first time in 6 decades, says the International Monetary Fund in projecting a 1.3% drop in a dour forecast today. That could leave at least 10 million more people around the world jobless, some private economists said. "By...http://www.newser.com/story/56889/imf-sees-global-economy-shrinking.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 9:37:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55475/is-the-us-dollar-all-spent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSick of relying on the US dollar, critics around the world want it replaced as Earth's top currency, Michael Schuman writes in Time . A panel of UN economists and a top banker in China have called for a new unit—like the IMF's Special Drawing Units—to stabilize the global...http://www.newser.com/story/55475/is-the-us-dollar-all-spent.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Apr 2009 18:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55131/g20-measures-necessary-but-no-guarantees-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama touted the resolutions of the G20 summit today in London, saying swift and muscular action was needed to reverse the global economic downturn, the AP reports. Steps like the injection of funds into the IMF and the creation of a global regulatory body “were necessary,” he told a...http://www.newser.com/story/55131/g20-measures-necessary-but-no-guarantees-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 14:38:26 CDT