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Swine Flu's Potential Economic Effects: Mexico's Tourism, Retail Sure To Suffer

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

Read More: Tourism, Swine Flu Outbreak, Swine Flu Tourism, International Monetary Fund, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Mexico, Swine Flu Economic Effects, Global Financial Crisis, Wachovia, Swine Flu Mexico, Sars, World News

Wachovia has issued a report that gives a cursory overview of how the swine flu crisis will effect Mexico as well as international economies, based pr...

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Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, International Monetary Fund, Afl-Cio, Corporate Power, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, World Trade Organization, Wall Street, Nafta, Colombia, Vietnam War, John Sweeney, Iraq, Saul Alinsky, Iraq Timetable, Politics News

Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is easy to justify on the basis of guaranteeing the basic human rights of working Americans.

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Protesters, Police Clash Near IMF Meetings In DC

AP | NAFEESA SYEED | Posted 05.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Imf, IMF Protest, IMF Meeting, International Monetary Fund, Business News

WASHINGTON — More than 100 protesters upset with the way world leaders have handled the economic crisis clashed with police Saturday outside the...

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IMF Global Financial Stability Report Puts Financial Losses At $4.1 Trillion

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Economy, Global Financial Stability Report, Financial Crisis, Imf, Global Economic Crisis, World Economy, World Economic Losses, Business News

WASHINGTON — Losses at financial institutions could approach $4.1 trillion worldwide, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday as it urged c...

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Paul Krugman Angers Austria's Bankers, Politicians by Stating the Obvious

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Great Depression, Austria, International Monetary Fund, Banking Crisis, Imf, Global Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman stirred the ire and indignation of Austria's political and financial establishment by merely stating the obvious. No European state is in as precarious a state as Austria.

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Geithner To Host G-7, G-20 Meetings

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Foreign Affairs, G7, g20, G-20, Global Economic Crisis, Geithner G-20, Tim Geithner, G-7, Geithner G-7, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Advocacy, World News

U.S. efforts to stimulate the economy with infrastructure projects are "ahead of schedule and under budget," President Barack Obama said on Monday, as...

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IMF Nightmare Forecast: Economic Crisis Creates $4 Trillion In Toxic Assets

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Toxic Assets, Financial Crisis, Imf, Nouriel Roubini, International Monetary Fund, International-Monetary-Fund, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

If there are any doubts remaining as to the severity of the global economic crisis, this most current estimate of the rot eating away at the global financial architecture should set them aside.

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It's the Global Economy (Stupid) -- or Is It?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: G20 Summit, Global Economy, Nafta, European Union, Free Trade, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, g20, Global Economic Crisis, Economy, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, Fiscal Stimulus, Monetary Policy, Keynesian Economics, Economic Stimulus Package, Deregulation, World News

The contemporary idea of the "global economy" is based on a misapplied analogy to the historical development of national economies.

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Viagra Diplomacy

John Feffer | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Nato, G-20 Summit, Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan, International Monetary Fund, Imf, g20, G-20, World News

NATO and the IMF should just retire gracefully and let a new generation of institutions take their place.

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IMF Urges Eastern Europe To Adopt Euro Without Joining Eurozone

Financial Times | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Eurozone Inflation, Eu Rejects Eastern Europe Rescue Plan, Eastern Europe, International Monetary Fund, IMF Bailout, Imf, European Union, Eurozone, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, IMF Credit Crisis, Euro, Global Financial Crisis, World News

Crisis-hit European Union states in central and eastern Europe should consider scrapping their currencies in favour of the euro even without formally ...

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G-20 Commits To Funneling Billions To Poor, Struggling States

allAfrica | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: G20 Summit, G-20 Summit, International Monetary Fund, G-20 Aid, Africa, Poor Nations, g20, G-20, World News

The leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies, recognizing that the global financial crisis has "a disproportionate impact" on vulnerable people in ...

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Medvedev: 'Super Currency' Should Replace Dollar

New York Times | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Russia Reserve Currency, China Super Reserve Currency, International Monetary Fund, Reserve Currency, Imf, China Reserve Currency, g20, G-20, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia Super Currency, Medvedev Super Currency, China Super Currency, Super Currency, World News

So much for that fresh start. Barely 24 hours after announcing that Russia and the United States would cooperate on a host of long-simmering issues, ...

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G-20 Leaders Eye More IMF Funds, Tighter Regulations (VIDEO)

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: g20 Regulation, G20 Summit, France, g20 Imf, England, International Monetary Fund, London, g20, G-20, Obama Europe, g20 2009, Germany, Imf, G-20 Summit, Obama London, Foreign Affairs, G-20 Video, g20 Video, Video, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

LONDON — Leaders from around the globe made headway Thursday on tackling the world's worst financial crisis since the 1930s, with signs of agree...

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Geithner "Open" To China 'Super Currency' Proposal

Politico | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geithner, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, International Monetary Fund, Tim Geithner, IMF Bailout, Imf, China Super Currency, Timothy Geithner, Super Currency, China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News

Geithner, at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the U.S. is "open" to a headline-grabbing proposal by the governor of the China's central bank, wh...

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Romania Becomes Third Eastern EU Country To Be Bailed Out

The Guardian | David Gow | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: International Monetary Fund, International Economic Crisis, European Economic Crisis, Romania Bailout, European Union, Romanian Bailout, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, World Bank, Eastern Europe, Romania, IMF Bailout, Imf, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, European Bailout, Romania Economy, World News

The European Union, IMF and World Bank today bailed out Romania with a €20bn (£18.5bn) loan in return for severe cuts in public spending and wages....

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Anti-Dollar Contagion Gains Pace

Michael J. Panzner | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Geopolitics, Russia, Currency, International Monetary Fund, China, Dollar, China Reserve Currency, Super Reserve Currency China, China Currency, Worlds-Reserve-Currency, Reserve Currency, China Super Reserve Currency, China Super Currency, China Us Debt, Business News

As was the case with the now hobbled U.S. banking system, the dollar's fortunes have long depended on the confidence of others.

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U.S. Injecting Billions Into Foreign Central Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Central Banks, International Monetary Fund, Foreign Central Banks, European Central Banks, Federal Reserve, Central Bank Liquidity Swaps, Imf, Politics News

For more than a year, the U.S. Federal Reserve System has been increasingly acting as the world's central bank, injecting hundreds of billions of doll...

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Poor Countries Hit By Second Wave Of Economic Downturn

The Economist | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Global Credit Crunch, Global Financial Crisis, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Africa, Nigeria, Imf, Poor, Tanzania, Global Economic Crisis, World News

"POOR countries are innocent," says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian managing director of the World Bank. They did not contribute one jot to the glob...

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World's Poor Left To Fend For Themselves As Rich Nations Cope With Budget Pressures

Al Jazeera English | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, World Trade, International Monetary Fund, Developing Countries, World Bank, Developing World, Global Financial Crisis, World News

Developing countries may face a financing gap of $270bn to $700bn this year as trade income dwindles and rich nations vie for capital to deal with a g...

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Iceland's Crisis: What Went Wrong?

Vanity Fair | Michael Lewis | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Iceland Finance, European Financial Crisis, International Monetary Fund, IMF Bailout, Reykjavik, Iceland Financial Crisis, Imf, European Union, Iceland Financial Collapse, Europe, Iceland, World News

Just after October 6, 2008, when Iceland effectively went bust, I spoke to a man at the International Monetary Fund who had been flown in to Reykjaví...

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Why Obama Must Drop Daschle

Andy Ostroy | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Raytheon, President Obama, Alston & Bird, International Monetary Fund, Tim Geithner, William Lynn, Tom Daschle, Imf, George W Bush, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Obama Administration, Tom Daschle Health Secretary, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News

Let's face it, there's plenty of folks who can fill Daschle's post. He's an extraneous piece of the Obama puzzle.

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IMF Confident It Will Remain Funded Through Recession

Financial Times | Chris Giles | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Switzerland, Davos, Financial Crisis, Imf, John Lipsky, Europe, World Economic Forum, Business News

The International Monetary Fund expressed confidence on Friday that its members will ensure the Fund remains adequately funded and able to support any...

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UK Will Be Hardest Hit By Global Recession: IMF

The Independent | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Uk, Global Recession, Uk Recession, The Independent, Economy, International Monetary Fund, United Kingdom Recession, Imf, British Recession, Europe, Uk Hardest Hit, World News

World economists predicted today that the UK would be hit harder than any other developed nation by the worst recession in more than 60 years. The In...

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