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Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... that, over time, is eating away at growth in its economy. They better act soon for just as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde told French journal 'Les Echos', "World GDP [growth] at 3.3% this year is not realistic anymore... A forecast of 3.8% for ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... subsequently, spending and employment. Hey wait! I just noticed, I'm now beginning to sound like Christine. IMF head Christine Lagarde, that is. Earlier this month, my feminine side cautioned the Fed to postpone lift-off till next year because... "higher ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... vital bailout cash for Athens was drawing "dangerously close". That came as International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said progress in negotiations with Greece required "adults in the room" in an apparent swipe at Greek officials. Low said ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... decision that was coming anyway. EU sources say the Greeks cannot meet a fresh deadline for a,-750m next week". "Christine Lagarde, the IMF's managing director, was caught off guard by the move", at the same time confirming that it Greece has notified ...

Australian market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Capital. The IMF cut its US growth projection to 2.5 per cent from the prior forecast of 3.1 per cent. IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on the Federal Reserve to hold off on a rate hike in 2015, saying growth conditions are not yet firm enough for ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations in Germany. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, who was attending the G7 meeting, reportedly warned of the potential for a Greek exit of the 19-nation eurozone and said ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... research Chris Conway said concerns about Greece were worrying investors, after International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde slammed it for trying to delay debt repayments. "There's probably some general market jitters on the back of the Greece ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... progress in bailout negotiations between Greece and international creditors. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde played down talk of Greece delaying its debt payment to the Fund next month. Citigroup gained 1.5 per cent after first-quarter ...

Here we go again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... news my lady. Today it's all about weak growth. Bloomberg even had to bring back what IMF managing director Christine Lagarde told her audience in France last Sunday. According to Bloomberg, Mademoiselle Lagarde "signaled a cut in the institution's global ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... even deeper concerns about the October 17 deadline to raise the debt ceiling. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned that a US failure to raise the ceiling could wreak havoc on the global economy, while the Treasury Department said ...