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Food shortages put farmers in box seat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The world food shortage is becoming so pronounced that the International Monetary Fund has issued warnings that the UN will require an additional $US500 million in funding within weeks to prevent mass starvation ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Australian residential property is overvalued and primed for a price correction, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meanwhile housing supply is in such demand that rents are projected to jump 50 per cent. The rental price jump predicted ...

Time to get radical: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... sub-prime mess began unfolding, the big worry was whether it would spill over to the real economy. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) thinks this may now be happening and has taken the problem to a whole new level requiring serious intervention. Pushing ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... tax and investment haven, still poses a threat to international anti-money laundering efforts, a new International Monetary Fund report reveals. Liechtenstein's financial sector primarily consists of wealth management services, including banking, investment ...

World growth to drop by one-fifth, but no US recession: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... is expected to drop by one-fifth in 2008 to 4.1 per cent down from 4.9 per cent, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "There was a risk that the ongoing turmoil in financial markets would further reduce domestic demand in the advanced ...

Iraqi economic growth to hit 7 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... cent, driven by oil price movements, economic reforms and surging foreign exchange reserves, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week. The upbeat assessment is based on a meeting convened in Washington between the IMF and the Iraqi Minister ...

Perfect storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... prices and a shrinking US dollar signal an economic perfect storm looming on the horizon, warns the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Simon Johnson, IMF chief economist told ABC TV's Business Lateline program last night that the credit crisis could ...

Scary markets II

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2007
... making any further RBA rate increases unnecessary. Flying in the face of these claims and supporting International Monetary Fund forecasts was China's third quarter GDP result yesterday, which showed 11.5 per cent growth. Global equity markets have entered ...

Australia versus economic escargot

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... economists are expecting the Federal Reserve to further cut rates from 4.5 per cent to 4 per cent. While International Monetary Fund managing director, Rodrigo De Rato, claims "[global] economic growth will remain high by historical standards" only slightly ...

IMF blames the world

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
While the Federal Treasurer insists Australia's inflation remains within RBA targets, the International Monetary Fund warns central banks must tighten fiscal policies as global growth accelerates. In a July update to its 2007 World Economic Outlook ...