April 14, 2016 Comments Off on US, DC settle final lawsuit after 2002 World Bank protests
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia and U.S. authorities have settled the final lawsuit related to the arrests of hundreds of protesters during a 2002 demonstration against the World Bank. The Washington Post reports that authorities agreed to pay $2.8 million ...
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Read More »July 30, 2014 Comments Off on LAC Group hired by IMF
LAC Group, of Rockville, which provides information curation services, announced it has been awarded a contract by the International Monetary Fund to provide library services for the IMF and World Bank joint library network, along with archives, records management and ...
Read More »July 23, 2014 Comments Off on IMF: U.S. growth resumes, but year will be weak
U.S. economic growth this year will likely be at the weakest pace since the Great Recession ended, the International Monetary Fund said, mostly because of a sharp, weather-related contraction in the first quarter.
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Read More »June 16, 2014 Comments Off on IMF sees improved U.S. economy, but watch weather
The U.S. economy is poised to accelerate after a dismal start to the year even though the job market won't return to full employment until 2017.
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Read More »March 13, 2014 Comments Off on IMF says nations should attack income inequality
The International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that wide income inequality can slow economic growth and is proposing ways to reduce it.
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Read More »October 9, 2013 Comments Off on IMF: U.S. debt default would shake global economy
WASHINGTON — A U.S. debt default in the event that a politically divided Congress fails to raise the federal borrowing limit would imperil the entire global economic recovery, a senior International Monetary Fund official warned Wednesday. But Jose Vinals, the ...
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Read More »July 9, 2013 Comments Off on IMF forecasts slower global growth in 2013-14
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that it sees slower global growth in 2013 and 2014 than it did just three months ago, citing expectations of a slowdown in key developing countries such as China and Brazil and ...
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Read More »December 10, 2012 Comments Off on Strauss-Khan, hotel maid settle N.Y. lawsuit over abuse claims
NEW YORK — Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid settled her lawsuit Monday over sexual assault allegations that sank his political career and spurred scrutiny of his dealings with women on two continents. State Supreme ...
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Read More »October 30, 2012 Comments Off on IMF chief urges further debt reduction
BERLIN — The head of the International Monetary Fund says the world’s leading economies must continue to cut government spending despite an overall situation of only “tepid growth.” Christine Lagarde said Tuesday in Berlin that those governments “have to continue ...
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Read More »October 9, 2012 Comments Off on IMF offers bleak assessment of stalled recovery
TOKYO — Plagued by uncertainty and fresh setbacks, the world economy has weakened further and will grow more slowly over the next year, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast. Advanced economies are risking recession, the international lending ...
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