Dominique Strauss-Kahn

IMF chief urges EU to coordinate response to financial crisis

People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn urged European Union (EU) member states on Saturday to coordinate their individual responses to the financial crisis. "What is needed in Europe is coordination, whatever the method. What counts above all is coordination and the will not to act each for himself as we have seen a little bit in some European cases," IMF Managing Director...

IMF chief calls for united European response to crisis

Business Report (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn called on European countries to provide a united response to the financial crisis following talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Strauss-Kahn welcomes plan to 'put out fire'

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, welcomed the $700bn US rescue plan as a priority in the fight to "put out the fire" engulfing the banking system

IMF chief says institute could be industry watchdog

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008

Paris - International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Sunday that his institute could serve as a kind of watchdog for the crisis-stricken world financial market. In remarks published in the Sunday paper Le Journal du Dimanche, S...

IMF head: Other nations should have plans for financial crisis

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008

Paris - Other industrial nations besides the United States should begin drawing up plans to shore up their financial sectors, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said in an article published Tuesday in the French dail...

IMF chief urges systemic solution to market crisis

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008

BERLIN (Reuters) - IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn welcomed U.S. steps to shore up its banking system, and said other governments should also be making contingency plans to cope with the global financial crisis.

IMF chief praises U.S. rescue plan, urges global measures

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn applauded U.S. measures under consideration to rescue the banking sector, but warned that global action was needed to contain the crisis. "I welcome the bold steps being taken in the U.S. and I look forward to their effective implementation," Strauss-Kahn wrote in Tuesday's Financial Times. "Other advanced...

IMF opens door to restore ties with Zimbabwe

Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008

The International Monetary Fund on Monday opened the way to work with Zimbabwe's new power-sharing government but said the country's leaders first need to make clear commitments to rescue the economy. IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the signing of the power-sharing accord between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was a chance to reverse the economic crisis,...

Statement by IMF Managing Director Strauss-Kahn

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss Kahn, made the following statement following the signing of a power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe between Mr. Mugabe, head of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, and Mr. Tsvangirai, the leader of the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change:

IMF head: worst of financial crisis may lie ahead

Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008

JEDDAH (Reuters) - The worst of the financial crisis may still lie ahead and more major financial institutions may face trouble in coming months, IMF director general Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday.

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FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMF chief warns more banks may close

France24 (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008

The global financial crisis is not over and more banks could close, possibly leading to the disappearance of independent investment houses, warned IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Financial sector may shrink: IMF

Times of India (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said on Monday he expected the global financial sector to shrink as a result of the international credit crisis.

IMF chief says financial crisis fallout not over

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008

CAIRO (Reuters) - Fallout from the global financial crisis is not over and more consolidation could occur in the financial sector, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Monday.

IMF head says Africa food relief must target poor

Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - African governments trying to help their populations cope with rising food prices should carefully target measures to help poor families and avoid waste, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Friday.

Q & A with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF managing director

Managing Globalization (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Dominique Strauss-Kahn (International Monetary Fund) As promised, here are answers to your questions for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Mr. Strauss-Kahn has chosen a selection of questions that encompass many of the most pressing issues facing the fund, including those that challenge its very existence. I hope you’ll find [...]