IMF chief calls for dollar action
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The head of the International Monetary Fund says markets cannot solve the problem of the sliding dollar without intervention.
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The Institute of International Finance, the leading association of global financial institutions, has called for urgent action by finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund to help resolve the stand-off between Argentina and the holders of its
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The persistently high current-account deficit of the U.S. in world trade threatens to further devalue the dollar, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today.
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The dollar has been trading at, or close to, its all-time low in European currency markets, prompting calls for the European Central Bank to intervene to stop the dollar&#39;s slide against the euro.
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Pacific Rim finance ministers called on  Friday for some emerging Asian economies to show greater  currency flexibility to address global imbalances and for the  group to work toward reviving world trade talks.
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The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations urges China to be more flexible on its currency.
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A top European Union official Monday urged the United States to curb its deficits to help bolster the sagging dollar amid fears a strengthening euro would stifle Europe's fledgling economic recovery.
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WASHINGTON Rodrigo de Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Monday that the dollar might need to fall and that the United States would have to tackle its growing indebtedness to ease a threat to the world economy.
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The dollar is overvalued in the medium-term even though it has depreciated in recent years, and markets are betting on the greenback to fall further, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said on Saturday.
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Gordon Brown is expected to urge the US to strengthen the dollar when he begins a visit to America on Friday.
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A senior French official says the euro needs to carry more weight internationally to rival the dollar.
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Leaders of major industrialized nations yesterday called on China to let its currency appreciate rapidly, arguing that its current system of manipulating the value of its currency is causing distortions in the world economy.
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Global finance chiefs sought a way on Friday to put pressure on China to let its currency rise in value to ease global trade imbalances and also aimed to craft a message to soothe turbulent financial markets.
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WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato urged Japan on Thursday to accelerate economic reforms and prepare macroeconomic policy with an eye to putting an end to deflation.
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The head of the Asian Development Bank on Tuesday urged Beijing to adopt a more flexible currency exchange system, saying removing the yuan's peg to the dollar will be good for both China and its neighbors.
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The world's top finance officials on Friday asked oil-producing nations to step up output and agreed it was crucial to work out exactly why prices have soared to levels that threaten global growth.
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The threats posed by inflation and  unbalanced trade and capital flows point to testing times ahead  for the global economy, IMF chief Rodrigo Rato said on Friday.