EUROPE:  IMF Returns a Dubious Gift
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PARIS, Oct 22 (IPS) - After 13 years of producing policies that ranged  from dubious to disastrous, former IMF director Michel Camdessus  is offering them to his home country France.
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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A European Union panel has doubts about the legality of a Bush administration program that monitors international financial transactions, the groupÂs leader said.
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Squabbling over voting clout soured   the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting on Sunday as   countries lined up to find fault with a plan crafted to reflect   a shifting balance of power in the world economy.
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The dollar is down, and a lot of the developed world is worried that this could mean the end of economic recoveries. In Europe, where the euro is routinely said to be setting new record highs, governments
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LONDON/PARIS  - Societe Generale's shock disclosure of a fraud that lost it $7 billion has left investors wondering about a link between the fiasco and Monday's European stock market rout.
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European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet has attacked France for being Europe's "number one spender". Mr Trichet warned that in comparison to its GDP, the country was well on the way to spending much more than its European neighbours during 2007. The warning came as Prime Minister Francois Fillon warned that France's finances were in a "critical" state. French finances have caused friction with Europe, with France under pressure to cut its budget deficit.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has debunked fears of job losses in industrialised nations due to outsourcing of services to developing nations.
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The relentlessly sinking dollar is Topic A at the World Economic Forum, and anyone hoping for an answer to when it will stop dropping is likely to be disappointed.
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Many investors might be surprised to learn that the highest-flying exchange-traded fund in 2004 doesn't invest in energy, real estate or Latin American stocks -- but rather a tiny European country: Austria.
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The IMF says that global economic growth is likely to be dampened by the turbulence which has swept world markets.
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Target-date funds make an old idea new again.
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Signs of shaky economies in France and Germany have sharpened worries about Europe's less-than-robust recovery - and underscored the struggle to shake up regulation-clogged economies in countries that use the ...
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The future of the International Monetary Fund is thrown into confusion after the shock resignation of its managing director, Rodrigo de Rato.
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The International Monetary Fund says emerging economies will not be immune from a slowdown among wealthier nations.
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WASHINGTON, Mar 10 (IPS) - Campaigners across Europe have called on their   governments to withhold funds from the World Bank unless  specific changes  are made to policy and practice at the  Washington-based public lender. But  analysts say that if the  past is any indication, a positive response is  unlikely.
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The shoe tariff come at a time of profoundly mixed feelings in Europe about the rise of Asian economies.