A second round of voting is now underway to choose between Dijsselbloem and Georgieva
Lagarde's name is one of the key pieces in the latest slate of candidates for the EU's top jobs which leaders, lawmakers and parties have been wrangling over since Sunday
'They owe a lot of money back to China, Chinese banks, and they're seeking an IMF bailout. I think it's a $12 billion bailout,' said US official
The IMF downgraded its forecast for world growth last month, and recent data suggest the outlook has grown worse since then.
IMF calls for a better public sector asset management by countries
Harvard's Gita Gopinath will bring fresh thinking to challenges of productivity, debt, capital flows and exchange-rate systems
Cautions against relying on global financial markets to its finance current account deficit
Countries must to bolster the IMF's temporary resources and strengthen co-operation between safety-net institutions
IMF on Wednesday warned that an unexpected rise in the US inflation, resulting from the aggressive fiscal stimulus launched by President Donald Trump
IMF welcomed the government's plan to inject about $32 billion to recapitalise state-run lenders
The decision was not unanimous with Russia objecting to the move and others abstaining, according to two sources
He said the process of digital transformation in India offered the promise of much better targeting and much better value for money
Asia is forecast to accelerate to 5.5 per cent in 2017
India must secure economic stability to survive the trend
Mongolian economy grew at 1 percent last year, its slowest pace in seven years
Last month, the IMF confirmed Christine Lagarde of France for her second five-year term beginning July 5