IMF’s Rodrigo de Rato Unexpectedly Resigns
This one came out of left field. As if there wasn’t enough turnover at the top of the World Bank, now the head of the International Monetary Fund, Rodrigo de Rato, has announced that he, too, is going...
View ArticleSpeculating on the IMF Succession
I’m surprised at the relatively subdued reaction to the news that IMF managing director Rodrigo Rato is stepping down in October. Given that his resignation was such a surprise, one might expect a...
View ArticleJockeying Begins for IMF Position
Is there some kind of rule which says that high-profile international technocrats have to be French? Sometimes it seems so: France has had its fair share of IMF heads as Frenchmen have led the...
View ArticleJockeying Ends for IMF Position
Well, after all that, it seems to be over before it had really begun. Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the official EU candidate to lead the IMF, which means he is the next leader of the IMF. Maybe next time...
View ArticleDominique Strauss-Kahn’s Lower Half Problem
Japanese newspapers call it a "lower half problem". Bill Clinton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, JFK – there’s no shortage of prominent politicians who have it. And according to Libération journalist Jean...
View ArticleIMF: Strauss-Kahn Joins the Side of the Angels
Dominique Strauss-Kahn apparently wants to reform the process which is used to choose the IMF’s managing director – the very process which has just landed him in that job. It’ll be interesting to see...
View ArticleArgentina to Settle with the Paris Club
It’s taken almost almost seven years since Argentina defaulted on its debt at the beginning of 2001, but finally the country looks as though it’s going to agree terms with the Paris Club of bilateral...
View ArticleThe IMF Joins the Econoblogosphere
Simon Johnson, who heads up the research department at the IMF, is now blogging, and in his official capacity, no less. My favorite part of the blog so far is the "about" page, which says that "the aim...
View ArticleIs it a Good Time to Sell Gold Yet?
With gold topping $980 an ounce, talk of the IMF selling some of its gold reserves is resurfacing again – apparently the US is in favor of "limited" sales, but might still veto any gold-sale proposal,...
View ArticleDominique Strauss-Kahn’s Lower Half Problem, Redux
The WSJ has the story; don’t say I didn’t warn you.
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