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- Attracting foreign investors to Latin America. (Perspectives on Latin America) (Cover Story)
- Ever since Mexico set off the "debt bomb" in 1982 and Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela followed Mexico's lead by arbitrarily discontinuing payments on their enormous foreign debt, bankers and creditors have had a bitter taste in their mou Ever since Mexico set off the...
- Research articles 1992-03-01
- Booms and slumps of world oil market, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 07-14-2000 MOVEMENTS in world petroleum prices have traditionally played an important part in world economic activity and inflation. Following the high-price period of the mid-1970s to mid-1980s, real petroleum pri Business Times Malaysia...
- Research articles 2000-07-14
- This Month: People - New Fed Chairman Sweats In The Hot Seat.(International Monetary Fund appoints John Lipsky)(Brief article)
- Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is facing challenging times. Oil prices that continue to be pushed up by events in the Middle East, fears of slower economic growth and falling stock prices, to name but a few. Unflattering comparisons by some co Federal Reserve chairman Ben...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
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- OIL: PRICES TO REMAIN HIGH, EXPERTS SAY.
- The IMF warned on September 21 that high and volatile oil prices pose a "significant" risk to the global economy, with a one in five chance that the cost of crude could rise above $80 a barrel by the end of the year. In its half-yearly heal...
- Research articles 2005-09-23
- High Oil Prices Dominate G-7, IMF Meetings
- Concern that rising oil prices could harm the global economy dominated gatherings of world finance ministers and central bankers, both meeting April 16 in Washington, D.C.Concern that rising oil prices could harm the global economy dominated gatherings of world finance ministers and central bankers, both meeting April 16 in Washington,...
- Research articles 2005-04-25
- Future shocklet; despite higher oil prices, the IMF remains fairly optimistic about the prospects for industrial economies. (International Monetary Fund) (Economics Focus)
- NO PRIZES for guessing who will be the least popular delegates among the finance ministers and central bankers gathering in Washington, DC, for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. By pushing up oil prices, Iraq NO PRIZES for guessing...
- Research articles 1990-09-22
- 3 Factors Impacting Gulf Economies and ETFs
- Tom Lydon ETF Trends submits: Many oil-exporting economies are set for contraction in the coming year as the global slowdown is showing latent effects and oil prices continue to waver, putting related ETFs on pause for now.The International Monetary Fund cut its economic growth forecast for countries such as...
- External links 2009-05-19
- INDIAN FM CALLS FOR MECHANISM TO STEADY CAPITAL FLOW, OIL PRICES.
- WASHINGTON, April 22 Asia Pulse - Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has called for new institutional arrangements to ensure stable capital flows to developing countries and prevent excessive volatility in oil prices. He told the Development Committee of the World Bank WB and International Monetary Fund IMF that...
- Research articles 2002-04-22
- G7, IMF face sticky talks as oil prices surge
- WASHINGTON AFP — International financial leaders will gather here this week to analyse the impact of surging oil prices on global growth and efforts to relieve grinding poverty in the world's poorest nations. Finance ministers from the powerful Group of Seven nations will meet on Friday and Saturday, coinciding...
- Research articles 2005-04-12
- G7 powers to meet as oil prices smash new highs
- WASHINGTON AFP — Finance ministers from the powerful G7 club of nations convene here this week to tackle headaches posed by surging oil prices and global currency rates as China's leader comes to town. The Group of Seven ministers and central bank chiefs will meet Friday, before the World...
- Research articles 2006-04-16
- G7 powers to meet as oil prices take flight
- WASHINGTON AFP — Finance ministers from the powerful G7 club of nations will tackle record-breaking oil prices and global currency rates at talks to be joined by China and crude producers here Friday. The Group of Seven ministers and central bank chiefs will meet before the World Bank and...
- Research articles 2006-04-19
- Gulf states aware oil windfall won't last: IMF
- DUBAI AFP — Abundant oil-revenue surpluses enjoyed by Gulf countries will not put economic reforms on the back burner as policy makers know high crude prices are only temporary, a top IMF official said. "The current generation of politicians in these countries think differently. They really do have a...
- Research articles 2006-06-06
- IMF: the world economy is likely to grow next year, despite the latest 'oil shock.' - International Monetary Fund
- Higher oil prices will weaken world economic output slightly in 1990-91 and cause inflationary pressures to increase, but the impact of the latest oil shock" is expected to be less severe than earlier ones in the 1970s, according to the latest projections contained in the World Economic Outlook of the...
- Research articles 1990-10-08
- Resilient Gulf economies slightly slower in 2007: IMF
- DUBAI AFP — The Gulf oil-producing economies are expected to grow at a slightly slower pace in 2007 as oil prices and output drop but will remain resilient to shocks, the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday. "The reason why we see the slowdown is simply because oil production...
- Research articles 2007-05-13
- IMF sees eurozone growth above 2.0 pct in 2007
- BRUSSELS AFP — The eurozone's potential economic growth rate should rise above 2.0 percent in the next few years, although high oil prices could delay the bloc's recovery, a top IMF official revealed. Although eurozone growth has been "disappointing" compared with the United States and the rest of the...
- Research articles 2005-09-30
- IMF sees 2006 Asian growth at 7.0 pct but wary over oil and rates
- HONG KONG AFP — The International Monetary Fund IMF forecast a brisk 7.0 percent economic growth across Asia for 2006 but warned significant risks, including sharply higher oil prices, remain. Regional growth was expected to match last year's performance as domestic demand strengthens in Japan and China while exports...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Future IMF chief economist 'relatively' upbeat on global economy
- WASHINGTON AFP — The International Monetary Fund's future chief economist, Frenchman Olivier Blanchard, says he is "relatively optimistic" about the global economy, despite a financial crisis and surging oil prices. "I am relatively optimistic," Blanchard said Tuesday in a phone interview with AFP after being named the top IMF...
- Research articles 2008-05-28
- IMF Rep. Says $100/bbl Oil Not Outlandish, Nor Likely
- The oil market will remain tight in coming years and the world should brace itself for high and volatile prices, potentially as high as $100/bbl.The oil market will remain tight in coming years and the world should brace itself for high and volatile prices, potentially as high as $100/bbl.
- Research articles 2005-04-27
- Oil & gas: how high can prices go? A report researched and written by international economic analyst Moin Siddiqi
- THE INEXORABLE SURGE in crude oil prices from below $70/ barrel last August defies the conventional wisdom that says prices will drop when global economic activity slows and energy demand decelerates. According to the International Monetary Fund IMF, "The world economy has entered new and precarious territory." The energy-guzzling nations...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- IMF Says World Economy Very Strong
- The International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook said the global economy this year should post its best growth in three decades, despite high oil prices and slower-than-predicted economic activity in the United States.The International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook said the global economy this year should post its...
- Research articles 2004-10-04
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