Christine Lagarde
Economy
Lagarde: Talking About Greece and its Taxes Got me Death Threats
During an interview with the Financial Times, IMF chief Christine Lagarde talked about all major financial and political issues in China, Germany, Russia and Ukraine. However, when asked about Greece, she appeared hasty to move to other subjects.
Lagarde only commented on taxation...
Economy
WSJ Says IMF Owes Greece An Apology
It's too late to help, but an apology is long overdue to Greece because of errors the International Monetary Fund made in miscalculating the effects of austerity demanded in return for bailouts and other mistakes the agency made, a...
Economy
Lagarde And Merkel to Meet Over Greece's Debt
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to hold a meeting in Washington on May 2 on the financial situation in the broader European Union and eurozone, while also addressing...
Crime
Lagarde List Case Reopens for Ex Greek Minister and Relatives
The Lagarde list case reopens after Easter and the former Greek Finance Minister Giorgos Papakonstantinou along with his relatives Eleni Papakonstantinou, Andreas Rossonis and Simeon Sikiaridis will be led in front of the Supreme Court special Magistrate Iosif Tsalaganidis.
The...
Crime
Lagarde List Probe Finds Rampant Tax Cheating
More than 3 1/2 years after first receiving it, Greece is speeding the pace of looking into a list of 2,062 citizens with $1.95 billion in secret Swiss bank accounts and after only 72 inspections has found the depositors...
Education
Samaras Says Surplus Topped 1.5B Euros, 70% To Austerity Victims
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said the country's primary surplus - not counting interest on debt and a slew of other costs - has surpassed 1.5 billion euros ($2.03) billion, enough to stave off the need for additional aid...
Economy
Turtle's Pace Progress on Greek Lagarde List Scandal
The chief of the Financial and Economic Crime Unit ( S.D.O.E.), Stelios Stasinopoulos, had a meeting on Tuesday morning with the Parliament’s ethics and transparency committee where he admitted that the investigation concerning the Lagarde List is moving at...
Economy
Lagarde: IMF’s Admission of Error on Fiscal Multipliers for Greece "A Matter of Honour"
Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that it was a “matter of honour” for the IMF to acknowledge its forecast error on the fiscal multipliers in the case of Greece and other...
Economy
Troika Puts Off Athens Return
They're coming. They're not coming. They're coming. Turns out they're not coming. Envoys from Greece's international lenders, who've been in and out of Athens, now said they have postponed a scheduled return next week that was supposed to restart...
Economy
Troika Deal Still Evades Greece
Racing against time before the return of envoys from international lenders next month and a Dec. 9 meeting of the Eurozone, Greece is still trying to reach an agreement on the disputed size of a 2014 budget gap and...