Christine Lagarde

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  Lagarde Seeks IMF Relevance in Southeast Asia

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 14, 2012

  After the 1997 Asian financial crisis compelled some countries to adhere to IMF austerity policies, feelings ran high against the institution and spurred nations in the region to take steps to handle their own financial well-being.

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  Greece Gets Two More Years to Hit Deficit Targets

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 13, 2012

  International Monetary Fund Director Christine Lagarde protested the extension of the deadline for Greece to cut its debt to a “sustainable” level to 2022, saying that the target date “has to be 2020.”

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  IMF Says Greece Needs More Time, Possible Debt Reduction

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 11, 2012

  Christine Lagarde and Wolfgang Schaeuble are locking horns over Greece.

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  Cut Greece Some Slack: Creditor Group

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 18, 2012

  The catch, the group's managing director says, is that leniency should be granted only after Greece has managed to deliver on the requirements already in place for it to get its bailout.

• ECB Cuts Rates to 0.75%, Deposit Rates to Zero

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  July 5, 2012

  The European Central Bank (ECB) cut its benchmark rate from an already-low 1% to a new record of 0.75%, in the hope that it would kickstart an economy on the skids.

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  G-20 Boosts IMF Firewall, Pressures Germany

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 19, 2012

  At the summit meeting of G-20 leaders in Los Cabos, Mexico, the focus was on strengthening the firewall of the IMF and pushing Germany to relent on pooled debt and increasing deficit spending.

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  Europe’s Crisis Focus Shifts From Greece to Spain

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 28, 2012

  Concerns eased a bit over the possibility of a Greek exit from the euro zone as Saturday polls showed rising support for pro-bailout parties in that country. But attention turned to Spain as earlier estimates of funding needed for a bailout of its largest bank looked to be seriously undervalued.

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  Bundesbank Warns Greece as E.U. Leaders Meet

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 23, 2012

  Germany’s Bundesbank warned Greece on Wednesday that if it failed to carry through with reforms it had previously agreed to, it would jeopardize any further aid funds.

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  France, Germany Talk Growth as Greece Teeters

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 16, 2012

  The newly elected French president, Francois Hollande, met with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany to discuss the possibility of growth measures as they sought a way out of the Greek debt debacle.

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  Elections Leave Greeks Lacking Coalition, Others Rethinking Austerity

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  May 8, 2012

  Successful votes against austerity from Greece to France have pushed officials to consider other ways to cope with the debt crisis in the euro zone.