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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... Melbourne, Treasurer Peter Costello has added that there needs to be a widening of the membership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to include the Asian nations whose economies have grown over the last couple of decades. The IMF was set up about ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2006
... growth for its 30-member industrialised countries to be 3.1 per cent this year. This compares with International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast for global economic growth of 4.9 per cent in 2006 and 2.9 per cent next year. High energy costs and rising ...

IMF and World Bank to review local financial system

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are to conduct a financial sector assessment program (FSAP) of Australia. The assessment is part of a regular program that has been undertaken in over 100 countries. According to the Federal Treasurer ...

European's believe inflation is higher than reality, ECB's Trinchet says

... inflation," said Trichet, who was in the United States for weekend meetings involving the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The ECB chief, appearing at the Economic Club of New York, said this could help explain why consumption in the euro ...

IMF says world economic outlook rosy

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2004
... world economy had brightened in the last six months and was now among the rosiest in 10 years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said today. In its twice-yearly economic scorecard, the United Nations lender upgraded its forecasts for global growth ...

IMF says global economy set to beat forecasts

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2004
The world economy is expanding faster than previously expected, top International Monetary Fund official Anne Krueger said in a prepared speech Wednesday. Prospects were "distinctly brighter" now than just a few months ago, she said a speech to bankers ...

IMF admits mistakes in controversial handling of Asia crisis

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) admitted today it made mistakes in its controversial handling of the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis which put affected countries under stringent programs. Charles Adams, assistant director of the IMF Office for ...

PM flags tax cuts for high income earners

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
... lifted." The government has long supported lifting the top tax bracket to $75,000 and yesterday the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it would be a good idea to make personal taxes more internationally competitive. But the prime minister said he ...

Better times coming for exports: Vaile

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2003
... be moving in the right direction as far as the exports statistics are concerned." Mr Vaile said an International Monetary Fund (IMF) report indicated the Australian economy was performing very well, considering the external impacts and impacts of the ...

US growth strengthening, but risks remain: IMF

... expansion in US economic activity will gather momentum in the latter half of 2003, according to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) latest review of the US economy. The Fund said US GDP growth should rise from just under 2.5 per cent in 2003 to ...