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Chrystia Freeland interviews the managing director of the IMF- December 16, 2010

And a merry X-mass

by Roger Almeberg 12/16/2010 5:57:03 PM
4.5-5% growth for sub-Saharan africa.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 5:57:45 PM
Kind of amazing, actually.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 5:57:57 PM
I think when we move to the blogger debate there may be a little less optimism.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 5:59:08 PM
Two bail-outs for Greece and Ireland were at the cost of their taxpayers. Why to give such slow poisoning pills. Why don't you prevail upon the EU to make structural changes in euro zone, instead of postponing the agony one by one?

by Amir Dewani 12/16/2010 5:59:38 PM
Sub Saharan Africa has China!

by SG 12/16/2010 5:59:41 PM
IMF should not act like a unlimited ATM!

by Ranni 12/16/2010 5:59:43 PM
@SG: Very good point!

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 5:59:56 PM
I think what she's asking about is China's massive stock of non-performing loans.

by Felix Salmon 12/16/2010 6:00:09 PM
hey, there's voluntary assessment of the financial sector in China! That'll sort things out.

by Felix Salmon 12/16/2010 6:01:16 PM
Also alluding to recent remarks that China GDP figures may be fiction: seekingalpha.com

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:01:31 PM
First Reuters take on event: www.reuters.com

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:02:09 PM
"not something that is well-known but IMF tries for even-handedness"

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:03:53 PM
last question, from Les Echos

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:04:17 PM
the first mention of the word "presidency", and it's not the context we were expecting

by Felix Salmon 12/16/2010 6:04:44 PM
Go, Chrystia!

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:05:46 PM
no time to think about French presidency!?!

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:05:58 PM
The Chinese govn´t has said that many of the figures are made up to impress and fullfil goals.

by Roger Almeberg 12/16/2010 6:06:29 PM
The audience listens to the discussion. REUTERS/Jonathon Ernst

by Reuters_Jillian Kitchener 12/16/2010 6:06:55 PM
That's a warp, for this portion of the event. Thanks to all who participated.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:07:00 PM
wrap, not warp!

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:07:14 PM
nice audience shot, Jonothon

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:07:45 PM
Pat Garofalo from the Center for American Progress and Mike Moynihan of Reason magazine due on stage at 1.25 pm ET, I'm told.

by Reuters.com 12/16/2010 6:14:06 PM
A question from the audience. REUTERS/Jonathon Ernst

by Reuters_Jillian Kitchener 12/16/2010 6:15:18 PM
About to start blogger debate.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:24:28 PM
Was sitting between Pat and Mike during the DSK interview, fair to say they thought he avoided a lot of the tough issues.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:24:59 PM
"wonderfully vague": Moynihan.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:26:13 PM
Chrystia channeling DSK now: EU and ECB need more firepower.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:27:49 PM
Moynihan taking position you would expect from libertarian: piling debt on debt won't work.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:28:16 PM
But he says he wouldn't let them go. Then, he said let them go.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:28:31 PM
I thought everyone agreed that the tax cuts *are* stimulative, just not very much so, and maybe not worth it.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:29:41 PM
Pat's right: There is no medium- to long-term deficit reduction package from WH.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:31:08 PM
And the one from the GOP is not very credible.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:31:20 PM
And he's probably right about mediocre job creation, too.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:32:34 PM
Felix on the question of UI as stimulus: blogs.reuters.com

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:33:42 PM
So if piecemeal approach to Europe debt doesn't work, what is the structural approach that would work?

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:36:33 PM
IMF was bogeyman of the left in the 1990s: Moynihan.

by james.ledbetter 12/16/2010 6:42:06 PM
We'll be uploading highlights of the interview here and on You Tube shortly

by Reuters.com 12/16/2010 7:06:20 PM
Reuters journalist Pedro da Costa with his reactions to today's Newsmaker event with Dominique Strauss-Kahn

by Frank Tantillo - Reuters... 12/16/2010 7:19:26 PM
In this extract from today's interview, Strauss-Kahn says the financial package to bail out Ireland's economy will work, but warned it will be very difficult on the Irish people.

by Reuters.com 12/16/2010 7:43:31 PM
Ambassador Thomas Granham, Jr., Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lightbridge Corporation with his reaction to the
Thomson Reuters Newsmaker event with Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

by Frank Tantillo - Reuters... 12/16/2010 7:48:58 PM
Reuters Editor William Schomberg's reaction to today's Newsmaker event with IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

by Frank Tantillo - Reuters... 12/16/2010 7:49:52 PM

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